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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
Cicadas hummed as the sun set over the Kansas City, Kansas, Unified Government Municipal Building Tuesday, as a crowd of somber faces turned towards a Kansas City, Kansas Police Department vehicle.
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Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
Interstate 10 hummed with cars rushing north toward Phoenix, drivers pushing to get ahead of what was bearing down on them.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The tension between us hummed just below the threshold of language.
—Eileen Kelly, Vogue, 26 Aug. 2025
My class hummed with quiet resentment.
—Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Instead, this publication has hummed with creative, ennobling intellectual tension and debate.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 10 Apr. 2025
Yoshi hummed, bobbing his head.
—Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
To this day, there isn’t a runner on the planet who hasn’t hummed that song to him or herself when coming down the final stretch.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
Jackson stood behind him and watched as Lee whirled back and hummed pitches into the catcher’s mitt from a low arm slot.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
Interstate 10 hummed with cars rushing north toward Phoenix, drivers pushing to get ahead of what was bearing down on them.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The tension between us hummed just below the threshold of language.
—Eileen Kelly, Vogue, 26 Aug. 2025
My class hummed with quiet resentment.
—Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Instead, this publication has hummed with creative, ennobling intellectual tension and debate.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 10 Apr. 2025
Yoshi hummed, bobbing his head.
—Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
To this day, there isn’t a runner on the planet who hasn’t hummed that song to him or herself when coming down the final stretch.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
Jackson stood behind him and watched as Lee whirled back and hummed pitches into the catcher’s mitt from a low arm slot.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hummed
Verb
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Cristian Roldan buzzed about, and burst through midfield.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2025
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The pagers of emergency room staff at Hennepin Healthcare, in downtown Minneapolis, buzzed yet again — this time carrying especially dire news.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Five of them buzzed the front counter smoothie station, three zipped about under the front counter service window, two flew under a prep table and another two over a prep table.—
David J. Neal
Updated August 22,
Miami Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
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When asked if Flynn had reached out to him recently to discuss taking over as Lucius, the White Lotus star zipped his lips.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Cali whispered into the phone for an hour, until Vic reached over Andy’s head and squeezed her thigh.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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More recently, staff members of Celine have whispered that their outgoing designer, the enigmatic Hedi Slimane (who’s also had stints at Dior Homme and YSL) — will be the man.—
Merle Ginsberg,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Drue Tranquill, a linebacker, not a defensive lineman, burst through the line on a blitz for two sacks in the second half.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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So many balls burst through my hands.—
James Wallace,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Hummed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hummed. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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