How to Use steel drum in a Sentence

steel drum

noun

• 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
• 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
• 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
• There’s a Kids & Culture zone with face painting, steel drum classes, and more.
  — Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
• Cramps arrive out of the blue, bellowing like a broken steel drum.
  — Joey Skladany, Bon Appétit, 23 Dec. 2022
• 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
• 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
• The SunBurners steel drum band will bring an island vibe to the day with its performance.
  — Cincinnati.com, 18 July 2019
• 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
• Michael Griffin was 200 yards from the steel drum company in St. Francis and knew something was wrong.
  — jsonline.com, 15 Feb. 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• At other celebrations in London, and even in Trinidad, the steel drums are drowned out by thumping sound systems.
  — Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Your radiator, which sounds as if a grenade exploded inside a steel drum.
  — Ali Solomon, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The band plays contemporary, Motown, island and beach music featuring the steel drum.
  — cleveland, 21 June 2021
• 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

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024