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"Hum" in a Sentence (23 examples)
Hum baby to sleep.
A melody is not merely something you can hum.
I hear the buzz of a fan, the drip of the faucet, the hum of the fridge, the tick of the clock, the whoosh of cars passing by the house.
What's causing that hum?
You should not mope all day in your rooms, but should come out into the green garden, and hear the birds sing with joy among the trees, and see the butterflies fluttering above the flowers, and hear the bees and insects hum, and watch the sunbeams chase the dew-drops through the rose-leaves and in the lily-cups.
The apple-pickers on the ladders raised a hum and murmur of applause, and then, in keeping with the sound, bestirred themselves to work again like bees.
I often hum while I work.
Their journey was silent but for the hum of the engine, the hiss of the rain and the rhythmic squeaking of the windshield wipers.
In a generic brick building on the northwestern edge of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center campus in Greenbelt, Maryland, thousands of computers packed in racks the size of vending machines hum in a deafening chorus of data crunching.
Giraffes hum at low frequencies.
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They could hear a hum coming from the kitchen, and found the dishwasher on.
the shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums
you do provide me hum enough , And lour to bouse with
There is a range of theories from farm or factory machinery to conspiracy theories such as flying saucers. And yet, "the hum" remains an unsolved case.
We are humming happily along with the music.
to hum a tune
The team hummed “We Shall Overcome” as they came back onto the field after the break.
The leaves of the foreſt were loaded with manna, pure amber dropped from every bough, honey diſtilled from the rifted rock, and the humming bee, drunk with joy, ſtrayed from flower to flower, forgetful of his burſting cells.
A slight gloom fell upon the table. Jacob was helping himself to jam; the postman was talking to Rebecca in the kitchen; there was a bee humming at the yellow flower which nodded at the open window.
The streets were humming with activity.
This room really hums — have you ever tried spring cleaning, mate?
Hum! hum! What's all this?
Ah, now this is why we must proceed with great circumspection. They were both, hum, “put out” themselves.
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