war-drum

Unless we want our hides stretched over some damned Udloko war-drum, that is.

Watershed 2010

They still demanded that he vigorously and enthusiastically help beat the administration's war-drum policy.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Colin Powell Should Say Good Riddance to the GOP 2009

There's nothing wrong with family values, Steve, but the war-drum of values legislation is certainly BS.

John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

Garrisons were now settled in many places where a red-coat had never before been seen, and the Saxon war-drum resounded among the most hidden recesses of the Highland mountains.

Chronicles of the Canongate 2008

Perhaps all our senators and congressmen should use a simple litmus test before waging future wars: Ignore all the war-drum propaganda and check all the facts.

Why I Oppose the Draft 2007

Till the war-drum throbb™d no longer, and the battle-flags were furl'd

World Government Lu, Catherine 2006

But the throb of the war-drum had a significance no forest-runner could ignore.

The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

Only one drum in the world makes just that deep, menacing, sullen thunder: the war-drum of the Picts, those wild painted savages who haunt the Wilderness beyond the borders of the Westermarck.

The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

But the throb of a war-drum had a significance no forest-runner could ignore.

The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

Only one drum in the world makes just that deep, menacing, sullen thunder: a Pictish war-drum, in the hands of those wild painted savages who haunted the Wilderness beyond the border of the Westermarck.

The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005