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as in buzzed
to be copiously supplied
one restaurant was humming with diners, while a neighboring eatery was practically empty
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as in zipped
to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound
a helicopter hummed overhead
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Recent Examples of hummed
Traffic hummed and whined on I-85.
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Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 13 May 2026
To the right hummed Interstate 190; beyond the highway, the Niagara River; beyond the river, Canada.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Others gathered in clusters of desks, showing their artwork to friends as lo-fi music hummed in the background.
—Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2026
Just outside the main entrance of Spectrum Center, as a saxophone blared and drums rumbled and fans hummed past each other with life, there stood Bradley Davis.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026
The church hummed with energy as the gathering engaged in call-and-response heard just about any Sunday in Baptist churches.
—Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
The place once hummed with thousands of workers and their families, with a school, a day care and a sports center.
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
Sewing machines hummed, scissors snipped, patterns stretched across the tables.
—Itay Hod, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
The gallery hummed with the ideal number and mix of people—reverent Sherald fans, art students in statement glasses, and little kids rushing up to the massive canvases and screaming in delight.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 13 May 2026
To the right hummed Interstate 190; beyond the highway, the Niagara River; beyond the river, Canada.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Others gathered in clusters of desks, showing their artwork to friends as lo-fi music hummed in the background.
—Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2026
Just outside the main entrance of Spectrum Center, as a saxophone blared and drums rumbled and fans hummed past each other with life, there stood Bradley Davis.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026
The church hummed with energy as the gathering engaged in call-and-response heard just about any Sunday in Baptist churches.
—Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
The place once hummed with thousands of workers and their families, with a school, a day care and a sports center.
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
Sewing machines hummed, scissors snipped, patterns stretched across the tables.
—Itay Hod, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
The gallery hummed with the ideal number and mix of people—reverent Sherald fans, art students in statement glasses, and little kids rushing up to the massive canvases and screaming in delight.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hummed
Verb
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Outside buzzed the controversial Court Street bike lane, the subject of a recent lawsuit which Dornagon covered closely.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Altadena buzzed with the sound of construction in late April.—
Aarne Heikkila,
NBC news,
14 May 2026
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Then Surge zipped through a tunnel and pranced around the ring.—
Ross Mantle,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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The Mayor, after arriving with his chief of staff and first deputy mayor, zipped off a pair of ankle boots and joined the men on the floor.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Researchers believe huge quantities of groundwater likely burst onto the surface in a series of catastrophic floods that surged downhill and rapidly carved the waterworn valleys visible today.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
15 May 2026
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But Donald used that size mismatch to his advantage, leveraging an unprecedented first step and incredible agility to burst past linemen and attack the offense.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Its impact doesn’t hinge on a late revelation; in fact, the truth about the hurt that lies between these characters is whispered unequivocally throughout, and at one point illustrated explicitly.—
Carlos Aguilar,
IndieWire,
15 May 2026
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Two staffers next to me whispered to each other, catching up about their week off.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Her stomach bulged beneath her I ❤ FLORIDA boatneck and her face was round and waxy-pale.—
Stephen King,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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The Apple engineers’ eyes bulged in astonishment.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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Luis was dressed in his hospital pyjamas; his pained breathing fogged his mask while the oxygen canister gurgled and whirred.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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Traffic hummed along the avenue, and machinery whirred at the tire shop.—
Thomas Lake,
AJC.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Hummed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hummed. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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