hummed
Example Sentences
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At the bustling centre, sewing machines hummed as women stitched blankets, while others stacked thin mattresses ready to be handed out.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
Eilish’s music has hummed through my house since we saw “Hit Me Hard and Soft.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Her phone was kept on silent; electro-beats hummed in the background; digestive biscuits were devoured.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
Even when the scoreboard hummed to life in the second half, it still didn’t look like an instant classic was in store.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2025
Especially now, she might have added, after surviving his manly shipboard adventure: He was suntanned and lean muscled, and hummed sea chanteys under his breath in the moonlight....
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
