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hum

verb as in buzz, vibrate

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What once seemed so rare and arcane has now become a sad hum in the background — the contrails of an administration that the country may take a generation to shake.

Over the past four years, there has been a constant, low-level hum of rumors about the status of Apple’s automotive ambitions, with a major partnership announcement always supposedly just months or weeks away.

From Fortune

Think about the general din of being inside an airplane or hum of an air conditioning unit, with active noise cancellation all that disappears.

Those in charge of maintenance should have their tasks made easier by Health and Usage Monitoring Systems, or HUMS.

The hum is generated by the rapid jitters of particles that make up the hot object.

There was Carol White, a ho-hum homemaker who finds herself besieged by multiple chemical sensitivity in Safe.

Lily Allen explained away the poor sales and ho-hum critical reception to Sheezus by…basically blaming other people.

His New York accent slices through the incessant hum of voices.

There was no shelling this time, but there was the hum of watchful drones.

The summer of music may have started with a ho-hum and largely stayed there.

The hum of earnest or glad voices here contrasted strongly with silence and meditation there.

The girl began to hum, as she powdered her nose with a white glove, lying in a powder box.

She fell to her task again, only now she began to hum softly, thus shutting me off entirely.

In a moment Skipper Worse was wide awake, and began to hum, as she moved her fingers along the lines.

Matt listened to the steady hum of the Comet's twin cylinders with an exultation he could not conceal.

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On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hum, such as: croon, moan, mumble, murmur, purr, and sing.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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