hum

Example Sentences

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When the car dips deeply into its reserves of power, the electronics hum low and with gathering strength.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Wall Street jitters about the Iran war spilled over Tuesday into a vital part of U.S. financial markets that typically hum along without a hitch.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

The kitchen starts to feel full of static—the kind that makes it easier to order in than to figure out what, exactly, is causing the low, annoying hum.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

There is only the dull hum of traffic tonight.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

The light of the restaurant was low, the hum of conversation steady all around the packed dining room, just the way she remembered from the night, the best night.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny