A lot of the men say the drumfire is the worst, and a lot of them can't get over the sight of the first man they saw killed. From Wordnik.com. [Menschen im Krieg. English] Reference
A drumfire of statements and signals points in the opposite direction. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth Spiro Clark: Slouching Towards Tehran] Reference
A drumfire of editorials, threatening to drown the American space effort. From Wordnik.com. [I Don’t Understand ?] Reference
This drumfire of denialism nonsense will drown out science 10 to 1 before long. From Wordnik.com. [Scientist Discusses Latest Report of Rising Global Temperatures | Universe Today] Reference
The sky was black now, the night so dark that it was scarcely possible to distinguish land from sea and the rain was a drumfire of sound on the roof of the cabin. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
Then at last, with the drumfire of rain held safely at bay, with the small blue rings of gas flame, even this minimal rusty kitchen became comfortable and homelike. From Wordnik.com. [Kahawa]
The drumfire of rain against his beetle's hull was so loud that it hurt his ears, even with the gain knob of his helmet backed all the - way down to the thumb-stop. From Wordnik.com. [Cities In Flight]
Apart from the hissing of the pressure lamp, there was no sound inside the hut other than the metallic drumfire of the ice spicules against the icesheathed eastern wall of the hut. From Wordnik.com. [Ice Station Zebra]
Lightning flickers all around the horizon, and thunder that reminds the military men on board of drumfire announcing battles they're not sure now if they survived or still dream, still can wake up into and die. From Wordnik.com. [Gravity's Rainbow]
A drumfire DF barrage detonated among the Chinese. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Then, Republicans need to keep up a steady drumfire of criticism of the president's proposals. From Wordnik.com. [Home/News] Reference
Everyone within earshot cranes their necks to pinpoint the drumfire as you screech away in a blur. From Wordnik.com. [Autoblog] Reference
The major-general (His Excellency made careful note of his name) described the frightful effect of the drumfire in a nervous, talkative way that was most unmilitary. From Wordnik.com. [Menschen im Krieg. English] Reference
An occasional tap at first, then an almost continuous pecking, finally a twenty-minute drumfire that filled the reflector screens with madly dancing clouds of tiny sparks. From Wordnik.com. [Legacy] Reference
In their ears there still resound the bestial howls of fury that they themselves bellowed into the hurricane of the drumfire so as to keep from bursting from inner stress. From Wordnik.com. [Menschen im Krieg. English] Reference
No one seemed to consider it possible that some day there might come a war that would thoroughly test the inner steadfastness of our patriotic convictions in drumfire and clouds of gas. From Wordnik.com. [Mein Kampf]
Sanderson led the way, Streak thundering along, a living blot splitting the brown, barren wasteland, followed closely by other blots, rushing over the hazardous trail, the echoes of their passing creating a rumble as of drumfire reverberating in a cañon. From Wordnik.com. [Square Deal Sanderson] Reference
It is difficult to express adequately my gratitude to them for their unfailing helpfulness; their willingness to let themselves be quizzed, hour after hour, and to answer, in some cases, a very drumfire of importunate letters; above all for their resistance, to what must at times have been an almost overpowering temptation, to "string the tenderfoot.". From Wordnik.com. [Roosevelt in the Bad Lands] Reference
Once we ourselves recognize the crying need which must determine our conduct in foreign affairs, from this knowledge will flow the force of perseverance which we sometimes need when, beneath the drumfire of our hostile press hounds, one or another of us is seized with fear and there creeps upon him a faint desire to grant a concession at least in some field, and howl with the wolves, in order not to have everyone against him. From Wordnik.com. [Mein Kampf]
Edmonds kept up a drumfire of talk. From Wordnik.com. [The Boat of a Million Years]
"A drumfire would be more welcome!". From Wordnik.com. [Menschen im Krieg. English] Reference
The little drumfire of questions ended abruptly. From Wordnik.com. [Legacy] Reference
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