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Example sentences for: hum
How can you use “hum” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
The picture printed, the racket is suddenly replaced by the striking sounds of calm--the low hum of the grandfather's voice, punctuated by the ticktock of the grandfather clock.
In come the battle droids and out come the light sabers, which still hum like faulty fluorescents.
This aspect of language should not be construed solely as a demonstration of knowledge (as in knowing how many symphonies Beethoven wrote, whether Caruso was a tenor or a bass, or being able to hum melodies from Puccini's operas), though that is certainly a reflex of a cultured individual.
The small trail-side shrines in the high mountains, called chortens, are also Buddhist, and often surrounded by stones carved with the Om mani padme hum incantation — “Hail, jewel in the flower of the lotus.”
I noted the references to tweeter and boomer or wow and hum in Harry Cohen's article, “Jingo Lingo” [XVI,4].
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