hum

Example Sentences

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For this friendly, the gentle hum of a few thousand conversations sounded more like the first morning of a Test match at Lord's.

From BBC

The aroma is deeper, fuller; the warmth blooms instead of merely humming.

From Salon

It is also cutting deeply into supplies of the invisible gas that is essential for cooling artificial-intelligence chip-making tools and keeping MRI scanners humming.

From The Wall Street Journal

In their place, birdsong and breeze and the gentle hum of muffled conversations floated all around them.

From Literature

The hum of conversation around us dulls and washes out while the clattering sound of plates and glasses being stacked behind the bar gets sharper, making my ears ring.

From Literature