hum
Example Sentences
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To keep Joule’s generators humming, an on-site service shop is being built by Wheeler Machinery, the independent Caterpillar dealer for Utah.
They pull 107 megawatts of power to keep their specialized computers humming so a global ledger can update itself every ten minutes for people who will never set foot in West Virginia.
From Salon
Multiple responses raised concerns about the new equipment’s noisy hum.
“B” words pop out, lending texture and body to the hum.
In a prologue about Lee’s harsh childhood in Manchester, England, her mother hums a tune to her based on the traditional Shaker hymn “Beautiful Treasures.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
