How to Use drumstick in a Sentence

drumstick

noun

• There was no breast to check, but the thighs and drumsticks were large and meaty.
  — Kathleen Purvis, charlotteobserver, 28 Mar. 2018
• The launch went down about as well as a dodgy drumstick.
  — The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019
• Stewing a drumstick in the greens will leave the meat falling off the bone.
  — Julie Giuffrida, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
• The hole is on the back of the drums, between the two middle pads, under where the drumsticks sit.
  — Chris Kohler, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2007
• The wingette is the flat part with two bones and the drummette looks like a miniature drumstick.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2022
• On stage once again, in front of the same neon stage, Daniel’s drumstick lifts dust off of his set.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2022
• The chicken — two drumsticks and two thighs — is priced at $18.
  — Michael Klein, Philly.com, 2 Apr. 2018
• So separate the the drumstick from the thigh by cutting through the knee joint.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 6 May 2020
• Remove the leg pieces (thigh and drumstick) from the chicken.
  — Adam Ried, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• Separate the drumsticks from the thighs and set those four pieces aside.
  — Jessica Battilana, SFChronicle.com, 29 Apr. 2020
• Slice down, between the breast and drumstick, with a chef’s knife, aiming right for where the joint is.
  — Country Living Staff, Country Living, 28 Aug. 2020
• Using your hands, carefully pull the whole leg (drumstick and thigh) away from the rest of the bird.
  — Julie Harans, Bon Appétit, 11 Oct. 2022
• Cut drumsticks off the thighs; cut breast halves into two pieces each.
  — Alexandria Mott, House Beautiful, 12 Jan. 2010
• Cooking spray: To keep the drumsticks from sticking to the baking rack.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
• Food Lion: $6.99 for an 8-piece bag with drumsticks and thighs.
  — Kathleen Purvis, charlotteobserver, 28 Mar. 2018
• Divide the whole legs into thighs and drumsticks, and cut all the breasts in half crosswise.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
• That’s why the large tibiotarsi, or drumsticks, of this bird stood out.
  — Jenny Howard, National Geographic, 6 Aug. 2019
• In the week leading up to the game, Cahn, who was from Mendham, N.J., hatched a plan to take a cowbell and a drumstick to the game to lead a chant.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2019
• The meat of the drumstick should also be separating from the bone.
  — Gabrielle Hamilton, House Beautiful, 22 Feb. 2013
• Two meaty small plates were standouts: chicken drumsticks and the St. Louis ribs.
  — Kate Washington, sacbee, 12 Jan. 2018
• As 9-year-old Nathaniel Bass banged his drumsticks against a plastic drum, a smile spread across his face.
  — Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2017
• Chicken drumsticks, with their high ratio of bone and tendon to meat, give body to the broth as well.
  — Sunset Magazine, 2 Jan. 2020
• These drumsticks aren’t quite as large, but the experience is all the same.
  — Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 17 July 2024
• Tie the legs closed with a strong piece of kitchen twine or string by wrapping it around the drumsticks and pulling them together.
  — Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE.com, 22 Nov. 2019
• Alex was given guitar picks and one of the drumsticks Barker played with that night.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 28 July 2023
• Cut to a close-up of a happy wife biting into a drumstick.
  — H. Claire Brown, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• Hundreds more plectrums and drumsticks have yet to be tossed out.
  — Ed Masley, azcentral, 17 Dec. 2019
• Add drumsticks to roasting pan: Rest the drumsticks on top of the vegetables.
  — Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023
• Stuff the buttered cubes inside the cavity, and tie the chicken with kitchen string around the drumstick ends and wings to hold its shape.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 17 May 2021
• Singer Gibby Haynes squirted flammable liquid on a cymbal, set it ablaze, and kept smashing the cymbal with a drumstick—flames shot up to the ceiling!
  — Simon Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024