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

The fountain hummed beside him while students streamed past the gate—laughing, scrolling, carrying coffee, stubbornly keeping going.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025

The crowd hummed and swayed in agreement and cheered in recognition of the feelings that she captured.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 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