The director held up his hand and the drumroll stopped.

The needle moved closer to red and the drumroll began.

And so - cue dramatic drumroll - how do they play?

He frowned, his fingers making a drumroll on the arms of the chair.

Outside, rain thundered against the ground like a military drumroll.

The first single "Drumroll" was received well among college and alternative radio alike.

The rolls have merit, but they hardly deserve the drumroll.

The vibrations seemed underground, and felt like a drumroll beneath their feet.

The staccato drumroll in his chest finally began to ease.

Luis did a quick drumroll on the hood of the truck.

The Staff's passage across the jade produced an endless drumroll sound.

Through it all, the drumroll of anthrax victims continued.

As they watched, they heard a drumroll of hooves and turned to look west.

He took them out and tried to yell above drumroll and thunder.

He laughed, and finished the drumroll with a rhythmic double crash of both hands on the table.

Faster and faster, it was a drumroll inside his chest.

He picks up the spool again, makes a drumroll sound, tosses it.

A recorded drumroll came from the sound system.

And, in place of a drumroll, let's look at the chemistry experiment in which we're all taking part.

They need a new hook, a moment of 'Drumroll, please.'

The continual drumroll of appeals to interest above party means one of two things.

As it flashed, a familiar voice plunged up like a Celtic drumroll through the system.

It was followed by a drumroll of thunder.

A markedly different "inauguration" from the one he'd reached for, no doubt, but worth a drumroll all the same.

The thrumming of bees was like an endless drumroll.