humming

Example Sentences

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Even amid cataclysmic energy shocks and relentless spates of white-collar layoffs, the American economic engine appears to be humming along smoothly.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

The aroma is deeper, fuller; the warmth blooms instead of merely humming.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

“The factories are now humming back to life from this week, so we will start to see that pressure come through sooner rather than later,” Sharma said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Thousands of hedgehogs are taken into rescue centres in the UK every year where they could be exposed to stressful sounds such as machinery humming that humans cannot hear.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

I pinned my hair into curls and borrowed my sister’s lip rouge, humming while the radio blared the news that Germany had invaded Czechoslovakia.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron