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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
Instead, this publication has hummed with creative, ennobling intellectual tension and debate.
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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
Before the arrival of COVID-19 in 2020, the job market in the Bay Area hummed at peak performance.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
The rest of the car hummed their agreement.
—Catherine Pearson, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The woman hummed softly, lower lip jutting out, expression a little too close to pity for Sam’s liking.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025
On a brisk weekday in October 2023, three sewing machines hummed while experimental indie pop played quietly inside a warehouse near the airport in Missoula, Montana.
—Amelia Arvesen, Outside Online, 28 Jan. 2025
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
Before the arrival of COVID-19 in 2020, the job market in the Bay Area hummed at peak performance.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
The rest of the car hummed their agreement.
—Catherine Pearson, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The woman hummed softly, lower lip jutting out, expression a little too close to pity for Sam’s liking.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025
On a brisk weekday in October 2023, three sewing machines hummed while experimental indie pop played quietly inside a warehouse near the airport in Missoula, Montana.
—Amelia Arvesen, Outside Online, 28 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hummed
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Tippett aggressively zipped over to Sillinger and laid him out, upending the young center before making his way to the bench for a line change.—
Kevin Kurz,
The Athletic,
22 Dec. 2024
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And the quarter-zip top can be zipped all the way up to protect your neck from the elements.—
Nicol Natale,
People.com,
20 Dec. 2024
Verb
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There are sometimes only images: foggy white drizzle, melted rainbows in a gasoline puddle, pink foam insulation bursting between slats of splintered wood.—
Jia Tolentino,
New Yorker,
3 May 2025
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Two moments were made in his image: Acerbi’s burst forward from centre-back to lead a counter-attack, moments after conceding an equaliser, and Barella’s calmness in the closing seconds, calmly chipping a ball to himself in his own area after Yamal hit the bar.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Verb
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But in lieu of a flamboyant, la dolce vita–style lifestyle brand, Bottega only whispered of luxury.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
4 Jan. 2025
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Still, something hit differently when Barlow leaned into Bateman’s ear and whispered those now-iconic words.—
Lindy Segal,
Glamour,
18 Dec. 2024
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“Hummed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hummed. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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