How to Use drumstick in a Sentence

drumstick

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  • There was no breast to check, but the thighs and drumsticks were large and meaty.
    — Kathleen Purvis, charlotteobserver, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The launch went down about as well as a dodgy drumstick.
    — The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Stewing a drumstick in the greens will leave the meat falling off the bone.
    — Julie Giuffrida, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The hole is on the back of the drums, between the two middle pads, under where the drumsticks sit.
    — Chris Kohler, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2007
  • The wingette is the flat part with two bones and the drummette looks like a miniature drumstick.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2022
  • On stage once again, in front of the same neon stage, Daniel’s drumstick lifts dust off of his set.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The chicken — two drumsticks and two thighs — is priced at $18.
    — Michael Klein, Philly.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • So separate the the drumstick from the thigh by cutting through the knee joint.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 6 May 2020
  • Remove the leg pieces (thigh and drumstick) from the chicken.
    — Adam Ried, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Separate the drumsticks from the thighs and set those four pieces aside.
    — Jessica Battilana, SFChronicle.com, 29 Apr. 2020
  • Slice down, between the breast and drumstick, with a chef’s knife, aiming right for where the joint is.
    — Country Living Staff, Country Living, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Using your hands, carefully pull the whole leg (drumstick and thigh) away from the rest of the bird.
    — Julie Harans, Bon Appétit, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Cut drumsticks off the thighs; cut breast halves into two pieces each.
    — Alexandria Mott, House Beautiful, 12 Jan. 2010
  • Cooking spray: To keep the drumsticks from sticking to the baking rack.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Food Lion: $6.99 for an 8-piece bag with drumsticks and thighs.
    — Kathleen Purvis, charlotteobserver, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Divide the whole legs into thighs and drumsticks, and cut all the breasts in half crosswise.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
  • That’s why the large tibiotarsi, or drumsticks, of this bird stood out.
    — Jenny Howard, National Geographic, 6 Aug. 2019
  • In the week leading up to the game, Cahn, who was from Mendham, N.J., hatched a plan to take a cowbell and a drumstick to the game to lead a chant.
    — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2019
  • The meat of the drumstick should also be separating from the bone.
    — Gabrielle Hamilton, House Beautiful, 22 Feb. 2013
  • Two meaty small plates were standouts: chicken drumsticks and the St. Louis ribs.
    — Kate Washington, sacbee, 12 Jan. 2018
  • As 9-year-old Nathaniel Bass banged his drumsticks against a plastic drum, a smile spread across his face.
    — Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2017
  • Chicken drumsticks, with their high ratio of bone and tendon to meat, give body to the broth as well.
    — Sunset Magazine, 2 Jan. 2020
  • Tie the legs closed with a strong piece of kitchen twine or string by wrapping it around the drumsticks and pulling them together.
    — Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Alex was given guitar picks and one of the drumsticks Barker played with that night.
    — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 28 July 2023
  • Cut to a close-up of a happy wife biting into a drumstick.
    — H. Claire Brown, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Hundreds more plectrums and drumsticks have yet to be tossed out.
    — Ed Masley, azcentral, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Stuff the buttered cubes inside the cavity, and tie the chicken with kitchen string around the drumstick ends and wings to hold its shape.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 17 May 2021
  • But the biggest prep: Stan spent months learning to play the drums, Tommy Lee style, complete with the drumstick twirl.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Toddlers can bang on him with a drumstick, rattle his fins or shake up the beads in his belly.
    — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 20 Oct. 2020
  • This episode is a real turkey drumstick of a good time, in other words.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 20 July 2022

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