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humming

adjective as in lively

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With the players out on their feet, the Twickenham air still humming with tension, Argentina aggrieved and the England bench relieved, they couldn't.

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But the building up of those services will be enough to keep Nvidia’s chip sales humming, at least for now.

The participants, who have spent the last hour squirming, shaking and humming, cross the invisible threshold.

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I picture Grandma weaving the threads together, humming and chuckling while she brainstorms the next mind-bending story she’s going to tell me about Ghana.

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Just thinking about it prompted Penelope to start humming the wordless little sea chantey that Simon had been whistling earlier.

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

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