humming

Example Sentences

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Humming, I am told, can help stimulate our vagus nerve and slow down our heart rate.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

Humming birds have somehow found the fruit-laden trees decorating the outdoor lounge on the 41st floor.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024

Humming beneath the fantastical, scientific and mystical imaginings of this book are quiet and tender stories of love, family and belonging.

From Scientific American • Dec. 31, 2021

Humming to West Side Story, he called out, “Anybody have laundry they want in?”

From Washington Times • May 9, 2020

Humming a tune beneath his breath, he strode out with a will, almost breaking from the cover of the trees straight out into the flat meadowland.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques