thrum
Example Sentences
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The birds are drowned out by the thrum of tires, but they flit from branch to forest floor to sky, and you know they like to sing while they move.
From Literature
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But the possibility of a family now thrummed in his veins.
From Literature
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“Oh, it was dandy,” I said lightly, although inside my nerves were thrumming.
From Literature
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It thrummed in my eardrums, I could feel the vibrations in my own body.
From Literature
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With songs like “Paint by Numbers,” he pauses the album’s disco thrum to enjoy the simple pleasures of, well, living.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.