thrumming

verb

present participle of thrum
as in whispering

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  1. whispering
  2. hissing
  3. sighing
  4. whirring
  5. murmuring
  6. humming
Verb
  • There was Katlin’s daughter, who had stolen my microphone and was now whispering something into it.
    — Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • Shein filed confidentially with the SEC in November 2023, with bankers whispering valuations as high as $90 billion, and profits that the Financial Times reported had doubled past $2 billion.
    — Drew Bernstein, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of whispering
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  • And in 2022, Japanese researchers turned a Madagascar hissing cockroach into a cyborg for search-and-rescue missions using a similar, though more sophisticated, approach.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The complete assembly weighs just enough for the Madagascar hissing cockroach, a species favored for cyborg research because of its large size, robustness, and wingless body, to carry without significantly impairing its movement.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 July 2026
Definition of hissing
Verb
  • The soundtrack—by the frequent Hans Zimmer collaborator David Fleming—is a delight, a polyphonic mood board of ghost-clangs, spooky bassoons, lyrical electro-motifs, and sighing sea themes.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of sighing
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  • The computers are whirring, cameras aligned, the only thing left to do is wait.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Angela George The voting machines are whirring at a clip, which in turn makes the pace of the afternoon feel fast.
    — Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 July 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
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  • Some of Stamos other works have included portraits of Jamie Lee Curtis and his niece, paintings of humming birds, and his take on the Palace of Versailles.
    — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
  • Providing an energy lifeline to the rest of the world might have been a necessary step to keep its own economy humming.
    — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026
Definition of humming
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