How to Use drumroll in a Sentence

drumroll

noun

• Now…drumroll please…there is a brand-new drink on the menu this year!
  — Lindy Segal, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
• And the overall grade for the flags included in the survey was a ... drumroll, please ... D+.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2023
• The bags turn into a — school band drumroll please — a cow puppet.
  — Southern Living, 16 May 2018
• Bagpipes and drumrolls by the mob outside keep the household awake for days on end.
  — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2019
• See you back here next week for — drumroll, please — Sundaaaaance!
  — Jodi Walker, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2020
• Or Khai Jiao, an ultralight and fluffy Thai omelet that’s served on a pile of (drumroll) rice.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 2 Dec. 2020
• The claim: Some of the best New York-style bagels now come from … drumroll … California.
  — Fortune, 11 Mar. 2021
• DIA’s speed was — drumroll, please — 61.74 megabits per second!
  — Tamara Chuang, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2017
• As Barker performed a drumroll, a burst of blue streamers shot in the air behind them.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 2 July 2023
• Well…drumroll, please…we’re finally ready to share a few more details about what’s to come!
  — Fortune, 28 Nov. 2022
• So, reportedly, for the big day, Meghan gave the Queen (drumroll please) a singing hamster toy.
  — Emma Baty, Cosmopolitan, 8 Jan. 2018
• Cue the drumroll: the full cast for Escape the Night‘s upcoming fourth season has been revealed.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 12 June 2019
• The winner of this week’s #OurPhilly poll (drumroll, please) is @dres_face with this summertime shot of City Hall.
  — Oona Goodin-Smith, Philly.com, 8 June 2018
• Styles continued to tease his fans and work up a drumroll as the band provided a soundtrack.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2022
• The winner of Cincinnati's Favorite Beer 2021 is (drumroll, please) ...
  — Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 28 Mar. 2021
• Remember to tune in to the @todayshow at 8:15am in every time zone for Chip’s (drumroll please) book cover reveal!
  — Megan Friedman, Country Living, 18 July 2017
• So, with a pencils-on-desk drumroll, here are September’s picks.
  — Andrew Weaver, Outside Online, 13 Oct. 2022
• The effect was a visual drumroll for a collection that transformed the notion of what a tuxedo can be.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2020
• In the clip, the Blink-182 drummer began a drumroll and kissed his wife before striking the drum's symbols to release blue streamers that shot in the air behind them.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
• In the clip, the Blink-182 drummer began a drumroll and kissed his wife, before striking the drum's symbols to release blue streamers that shot in the air behind them.
  — Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 23 July 2023
• After a commercial break, Williams called for a drumroll and announced her choice: Surprise!
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 17 May 2021
• But the new Fjord has one thing the others don’t: An open-plan owner’s suite and twin stateroom and—drumroll, please—a crew cabin accessed directly from the cockpit.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2022
• The data shows that the best balance of doughnut density and diversity can be found in — drumroll, please — where else?
  — Alyssa Fowers, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
• Barker then began a drumroll while kissing his wife, before hitting the drum's symbols just as a burst of blue streamers shot into the air above them.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 3 July 2023
• The former Laguna Beach star has decided to dress as — drumroll please — Cruella de Vil.
  — Melissa Minton, Allure, 19 Oct. 2017
• The name is — drumroll, please — American Horror Story: Cult.
  — Chelsea Stone, Teen Vogue, 21 July 2017
• Coming across a look-at-me line like that, a reader hardly needs Murakami to cue a drumroll to sense that the narrative pulse of the story has just gone up a few beats per second.
  — Jay Fielden, New York Times, 9 May 2017
• The new flavor was finally revealed today, and... drumroll please...
  — Natalie Schumann, Country Living, 25 Mar. 2021
• More than one video has surfaced in the past few weeks that demonstrate how to cut watermelon into slices using — drumroll, please — dental floss.
  — Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 28 June 2018
• After a brief drumroll and a passionate kiss, a stream of blue confetti and streamers shot into the air, confirming that the pair is having a baby boy.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 25 June 2023

Last Updated: 23 Aug 2024