thrum
Example Sentences
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With songs like “Paint by Numbers,” he pauses the album’s disco thrum to enjoy the simple pleasures of, well, living.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026
The industrious thrum of the heavy-duty sewing machines, along with the workers' chatter, normally fills the plant with a reassuring rhythm.
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025
And if he does, the country may not thrum for months with dissent and democratic fervor, as it did in 2016 and 2017.
From Slate • Nov. 5, 2024
A subtly medieval score — distinguished by the thrum of a mandolin and composed by Jozef van Wissem — draws out a surreal dimension.
From New York Times • May 9, 2024
This was the moment he should have felt the thrum of power coursing through him, the same thrum he’d felt the night he’d first attempted his final rite of passage.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
