How to Use steel drum in a Sentence
steel drum
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The bar would bend large trees over, and the steel drums would climb over and crush them.
—Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2019
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Three enormous machines with two wide steel drums for wheels in the front and another in the back.
—Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2019
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The musher parked and set to making breakfast for the team, a stew of fish and moose meat (the fur still attached) and warmed it in a steel drum.
—Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2019
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There’s a Kids & Culture zone with face painting, steel drum classes, and more.
—Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
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Cramps arrive out of the blue, bellowing like a broken steel drum.
—Joey Skladany, Bon Appétit, 23 Dec. 2022
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Guests may explore the Great House, take a tour to the roof, sip rum cocktails on the back terrace, and enjoy live steel drum music.
—BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2019
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The steel drum is said to be buried about 15 feet below ground, in the shadow of countless millions of drivers who have passed it by.
—New York Times, 18 Nov. 2021
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The SunBurners steel drum band will bring an island vibe to the day with its performance.
—Cincinnati.com, 18 July 2019
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The entertainers will bring the sounds of the Caribbean to the country with their steel drum ensemble from 7 to 9 p.m. Aug. 14.
—Sam Boyer, cleveland, 23 July 2021
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Michael Griffin was 200 yards from the steel drum company in St. Francis and knew something was wrong.
—jsonline.com, 15 Feb. 2017
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Sanborne was introduced to the music in college and has played with steel drum bands at various events over the years.
—Yvette Orozco, Houston Chronicle, 6 June 2018
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These are the theatergoers who sing along (unbidden), sway to the steel drum beats and dance freely during the song-medley curtain call.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 14 Oct. 2021
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Each is a very aggressive steel drum with this delicate silk thread strung across the opening to serve as a light diffuser.
—Christine Pittel, House Beautiful, 22 May 2014
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At other celebrations in London, and even in Trinidad, the steel drums are drowned out by thumping sound systems.
—Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2017
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Too many times their fathers had come home after carrying steel drums of leaking trash and maggots on their heads.
—Kirsten West Savali, The Root, 8 Mar. 2018
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The pods owe their unique flavor in part to the terroir of the Hatch Valley, where the best ones are grown, and in part to the method of preservation: fire-roasting in steel drums at the peppers’ early-autumn peak.
—Allegra Ben-Amotz, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2017
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Music is a major part of a Rockhouse party; book a steel drum troupe followed by a reggae band and finish with a DJ in the early morning.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
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At the sound of the sprightly steel drum opening, Lido Pimienta lit up with a playful grin and started vocalizing.
—Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2022
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Your radiator, which sounds as if a grenade exploded inside a steel drum.
—Ali Solomon, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
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Chill out with the mellow tones of a steel drum performance on the patio or cheer on competitors in a friendly lawnmower race on the ball diamond.
—Joan Rusek, cleveland.com, 20 July 2019
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Albarn, working with Adele producer Greg Kurstin, fills the record with trilling steel drums, baleful mariachi horns, even a playful riff on the iPhone’s default ringtone.
—Clayton Purdom, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2023
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Erynn Krebs who has played every year since the event’s beginning, added wonderful, upbeat background music with her mastery on the steel drums.
—Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 10 Oct. 2019
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The team here can organize nearly any activity, from local steel drum lessons to rum tastings to horseback riding on the beach.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2023
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They can be fashioned out of a re-purposed steel drum or be ornately appointed with polished brass fittings.
—The Editors, Field & Stream, 20 Sep. 2019
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The tiny sounds of a steel drum emanated from a small patch of sandy beach placed next to Spectrum Stadium Saturday morning, greeting a small group of boosters and alumni.
—Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Nov. 2019
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With soul music blaring, free doughnuts in the parking lot, a steel drum and a balloon arch at the entrance, New Jersey’s cannabis kickoff for people 21 and older had the feel of a fair more than a store opening.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2022
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The experience was enhanced by the sound of an acoustic guitar and followed by the celestial tones of an instrument called the Hang, a convex steel drum played with the hands or soft mallets.
—Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2020
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The musicians from Northern Illinois University's Steelband will also be in the lobby for a meet and greet and demonstration on how to play a steel drum.
—Kathy Cichon, Naperville Sun, 7 Sep. 2017
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Bring your yoga mat (and plenty of bug repellent) and listen to the faint sound of steel drums from Raíces, a seafood restaurant dishing out serious Caribbean vibes.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2023
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One steel drum and one painting depicting a poppy field, given to Mayor Giuliani (context unknown).
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
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