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

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

This conflict between New Deal progressives and anti-Roosevelt conservatives hummed on the edges of the 1930s and the war years of the early 1940s.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025

I hummed an old war song about the Irish and their courage, and Maggie finished with me.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff