The white commander who drilled them during three weeks knew, indeed, that in a given case they would create more noise than harm, but thought that in meeting savages noise plays no less a part than bullets, and he was pleased with his guards.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
They were detached from the sledges and tied to holes drilled with a knife in ice boulders.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
They have been trained in the schools of theology and have been thoroughly drilled in the art of 'syllogising.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen