red drum

The red glare had not roused him, nor yet the beat of the drums. "Long Live the King" by Mary Roberts Rinehart

A friend of mine in a Southern city tells me of a red-headed woodpecker that drums upon a lightning-rod on his neighbor's house. "Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and, Other Papers" by John Burroughs

We saw three large red flags heading a military procession, which marched out of the camp with drums and fifes playing. "The Discovery of the Source of the Nile" by John Hanning Speke

Hell screamed with the cooking of red mutiny, and throbbed with the thunder of the sacred temple-drums. "Told in the East" by Talbot Mundy

O Light, your drum sounds in the march of fire, and the red torch is held on high; death dies in a burst of splendour! "Fruit-Gathering" by Rabindranath Tagore

With big tin trumpet and little red drum, Marching like soldiers, the children come! "McClure's Magazine, January, 1896, Vol. VI. No. 2" by Various

The red slowly left his face, and he leaned at ease against the cask, drumming upon its head with his fingers. "Audrey" by Mary Johnston

The green meadows were not inviting, the grass was dripping, the flowers closed and heavy, the river red and drumly. "Girlhood and Womanhood" by Sarah Tytler

The little red drum was put back into the bed, and the Brownie tried another big one. "Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories" by Various

The drums were rolling madly, the Frenchmen were cheering loudly when the ridge was suddenly covered with long red lines. "The Eagle of the Empire" by Cyrus Townsend Brady