We hear the sound of war drums in the distance.

Never let us hear the sound of the war drums again.

At once it began to beat the war drums over Kashmir.

Now came a long roll - as if a thousand war drums beat together.

If it weren't for the steady beat of war drums, health care would be front and center in this fall's political debate.

Usually when he talked, his voice was loud like the booming of war drums.

She'd never slept with him, though the press had beat war drums about their affair.

The Administration's policy seems to be to beat the war drums in preparation for possible direct intervention.

If they accepted it, the beating of the war drums would cease.

Mary could hear their wild yells and the roll of the war drums.