A brass percussion instrument with a defined pitch.
1 I will play on the lute, and you shall beat the kettledrums .
2 Mounted behind him, concealed under a tarp, were two brass kettledrums .
3 Flags waved, kettledrums beat, fans were flung into my very lap to autograph.
4 They came anyway, filling his ears like the pounding of kettledrums .
5 He heard the first major drive of strings and kettledrums .
6 It was subsequently enlarged to twenty-two and twenty-four, including trumpets and kettledrums on special occasions.
7 A rank of kettledrums batters the air beyond the fragile skin of the car door.
8 The kettledrums ! exclaimed the commanding voice of Lady Bailquist.
9 The official opening took place on August 1, to a musical accompaniment of kettledrums and trumpets.
10 After Clawson was gone, Nick sat numbly in his swivel chair, his ears booming like kettledrums .
11 Must one clatter like kettledrums and penitential preachers?
12 A sentinel was standing before the gate, and there were numbers of soldiers with kettledrums and trumpets.
13 There are four other At Homes and kettledrums this week and I shall go to those also.
14 It seemed crazed, the crying trumpets, the dizzying torrent of the strings, the pounding of the kettledrums .
15 And the golden goblets clashed against one another, and the trumpets and kettledrums chimed in with crashing peals.
16 Prettiest thing I ever saw when the Yankees was travelin' was the drums and kettledrums and them horses.
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