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- noun Plural form of
kettledrum .
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Examples
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He did a big job there, but Brian works with me every day, so we set up his studio with timpani and kettledrums and a ton of ethnic percussion.
Mike Ragogna: From Conan The Barbarian to 300, Watchmen, Rob Zombie and Beyond: Chatting With Film Composer Tyler Bates Mike Ragogna 2011
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He did a big job there, but Brian works with me every day, so we set up his studio with timpani and kettledrums and a ton of ethnic percussion.
Mike Ragogna: From Conan The Barbarian to 300, Watchmen, Rob Zombie and Beyond: Chatting With Film Composer Tyler Bates Mike Ragogna 2011
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The was a huge thumping noise, as of a building filled with kettledrums collapsing, and Adelbern, the ghostly king of Ascalon, the Sorcerer-King who had struck fear in the hearts of the charr, turned, his face contorted in shock and awe.
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon Matt Forbeck 2010
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I held on to a tree trunk and opened and closed my mouth, trying to clear my hearing of the kettledrums beating in my head.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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I held on to a tree trunk and opened and closed my mouth, trying to clear my hearing of the kettledrums beating in my head.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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I held on to a tree trunk and opened and closed my mouth, trying to clear my hearing of the kettledrums beating in my head.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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The was a huge thumping noise, as of a building filled with kettledrums collapsing, and Adelbern, the ghostly king of Ascalon, the Sorcerer-King who had struck fear in the hearts of the charr, turned, his face contorted in shock and awe.
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon Matt Forbeck 2010
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The was a huge thumping noise, as of a building filled with kettledrums collapsing, and Adelbern, the ghostly king of Ascalon, the Sorcerer-King who had struck fear in the hearts of the charr, turned, his face contorted in shock and awe.
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon Matt Forbeck 2010
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When she got to the middle section, a rolling build toward “Bridge Over Troubled Water” majesty, I cold imagine kettledrums, choral swells, and flying aces in dogfights with dinosaurs.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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I held on to a tree trunk and opened and closed my mouth, trying to clear my hearing of the kettledrums beating in my head.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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