thrumming

verb

present participle of thrum
as in whispering

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrumming
  1. whispering
  2. hissing
  3. sighing
  4. whirring
  5. murmuring
  6. humming
Verb
  • Silent neutron stars at the center of supernova blast sites may actually be whispering softly, following the detection of faint radio emissions coming from one such object for the first time.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 July 2026
  • Hears the doctors whispering in the corner of the room about his decline.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
Definition of whispering
Verb
  • Then a hissing arrow pins a golden soccer ball to the Clash of Clans escutcheon.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 June 2026
  • There’s plenty of feline choreography, like crawling, meowing, and hissing.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026
Definition of hissing
Verb
  • The internet may be full of people who want to outlaw leaf blowers, but misophonic triggers tend to share a bodily quality, an aurally traceable culprit such as a person crunching or sighing.
    — Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • Also, remember that the avatar is reading your body language, eye contact, any kind of sighing or moaning.
    — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
Definition of sighing
Verb
  • But something about the collective excitement of a reunion struck a chord, and the machine started whirring.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 30 June 2026
  • Inside, fans are whirring and a woman behind the cash register speaks on the phone in Korean.
    — Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 25 June 2026
Definition of whirring
Verb
  • Or at least squeezed in a solid couch nap with baseball/golf/soccer/primo history programming murmuring in the background.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 22 June 2026
  • Alejo listens carefully, occasionally offering a tissue or murmuring consolations.
    — Megan Greenwell, Bloomberg, 9 June 2026
Definition of murmuring
Verb
  • Increasingly, the crux of the debate around AI’s sustainability has been focused on data centers, which make the nebulous concept of AI very concrete with their massive, humming warehouses full of servers and huge energy requirements.
    — Sasha Luccioni, Time, 3 July 2026
  • Project Bluestem Data centers emit humming sounds from generators, fans and other equipment.
    — Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Definition of humming
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“Thrumming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrumming. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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