thrummed

Definition of thrummednext
past tense of thrum

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrummed
Verb
  • Still, since the man had fled, these officials emphasized the necessity of executing her, even as the whole episode whispered even to them of the dangerous vulnerabilities of their colonial situation.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
  • There were only whispered recriminations in the dark.
    Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • Seeing her dad’s handwriting, Lally sighed.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The Renaissance master, whose name is only ever sighed in the same breath as Leonardo and Michelangelo, supposedly traded truth for beauty, and ended up destroying both.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Refn has made characters moving and speaking in a benzodiazepine fugue state — lines hissed out stiltedly into dead air, spoken like throwing stones down a well — his signature in recent films.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
  • His line drive hissed past a leaping Steffen for a 3-2 Miami lead.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • True to form, the Boards of Canada resurrection has murmured to life so quietly that only the most obsessive of code breakers twigged it early on.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Ludwig murmured, the mist outside the window mostly covering the mountain.
    Kendra Atleework, Longreads, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Even Sebastiaan Bornauw, United’s gigantic centre-back, fizzed a long-range effort off Alphonse Areola’s gloves.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Much of it was lofted by tiny gas pockets into the upper water column, only to fall back downward after the bubbles fizzed into the atmosphere.
    Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Five racks of computer servers hummed in a futuristic yet industrial-looking classroom at Atlanta Technical College, south of downtown.
    Mirtha Donastorg, AJC.com, 26 May 2026
  • Ventilators hummed in an intensive care unit.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Traffic hummed along the avenue, and machinery whirred at the tire shop.
    Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The AMAs sizzled, attracting over 40 million viewers.
    Lily Moayeri, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
  • For her Swimsuit Issue cover, shot in Botswana, Earle sizzled in a gold string bikini by Andi Bagus.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 12 May 2026
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“Thrummed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrummed. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.

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