How to Use hum in a Sentence

hum

verb
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Synonyms for humnext
  • The cicadas were humming and the trees were dancing to the rhythm of the wind.
    — Monique Brown, refinery29.com, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The same issue applies to most of the game's ho-hum zombie cast.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The air hummed with birdsong, and with the bells of the mountain goats that forage in the highlands.
    — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Or, instead of lyrics, hum a portion of the tune for your team to guess.
    — Chloe Gorman, Country Living, 30 Nov. 2022
  • What that means for the monorail is unclear, but the plan is to keep the line humming.
    — David Kroman, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2023
  • The Celtics are a different team when Williams is humming at both ends of the court.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2023
  • As the sun sets and the sky turns inky blue, the thick, shadowy forests start to hum with an ethereal glow.
    — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Momoa kept up with the girls, nailing every dance move and humming along to the song.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The songs were carried out of the theater with the viewer after the credits rolled, easy to hum or sing in one’s head.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Jensen’s sewing machine hummed in another part of the house.
    — Margret Grebowicz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Of course part of the success rate is going to be down to the quality of your singing or humming.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 31 Jan. 2024
  • First, there were the Aeolian harps of ancient Greece, which sang and hummed using just the wind's breeze.
    — Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 12 May 2023
  • The Wolves’ offense hummed — a welcome sign for a team that at times has struggled on that end of the floor this season.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Both blues hum against the turquoise of the bedspread, the touches of gold (guitar and trumpet) and red (drum and lips), and the dreamer’s black pants, skin and hair.
    — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Some wondered, wouldn’t the companies want to make a deal to get the dream machine humming again?
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Find something truly unique to hum along to by browsing the HUM database at hum.slcpl.org.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Dec. 2021
  • At the same time, with the graphics maxed out, the game positively hummed along at about 70 frames per second.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Goats graze in the pastureland above, and bees hum in the apricot trees on the adjacent hillside.
    — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Williams is the rare composer that most Americans can name and hum a few bars.
    — Alex Galbraith, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2022
  • As mechanic’s drills hummed in the background, Howie explained the virtues of paying one’s debts.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023
  • While recording a hook, Moore altered the tone of his voice to sound like a robot trying to hum the same progression as the synths.
    — Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Time and success have helped quiet those questions as Walden’s world has begun to hum with buzzy shows.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Apr. 2022
  • You are guaranteed to be humming your favorite tune on your way home.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2023
  • There’s a moment when the ball hovers beneath DeMar DeRozan’s hand in the fourth quarter that seems to hum with magic.
    — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 25 Feb. 2022
  • But the faux retail holiday has been reduced to ho-hum for most consumers.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2021
  • But the job market has proved to be a formidable force, humming steadily in the face of climbing rates meant to slow its growth.
    — Krystal Hur, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Downstairs, the castle tearoom hummed with tables of tourists sampling scones with jams from the Belvoir estate.
    — Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, 11 July 2023
  • Your body, which oozed and groaned under the yoke of illness, is now a perfectly humming machine.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024
  • About 25 cooks and dishwashers are in the kitchen during each shift, and at 8 in the morning the space already hummed with the sound of staff members’ scrubbing down surfaces with soapy water.
    — Marcela Valdes. Photographs and Videos By Peden + Munk, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Its economy is humming, growing at a faster rate than the nation’s economy overall.
    — Ulrich Boser, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024

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