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Courtship song, for example, consists of a series of sinusoidal hums and trains of pulses that come from the male's wing vibrations.
I did indeed say it "really hums along," in the second sentence of an opening paragraph which, if he had quoted it all, would have destroyed his point.
Into this category go Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune , who recently gave a rave to Armageddon ; his Sneak Previews buddy Roger Ebert (who calls The Negotiator "a thriller that really hums along"); David Ansen of Newsweek ; and Richard Schickel of Time . Even Janet Maslin of the New York Times , intelligent though she is, seems headed down this slope when she enthuses about Lethal Weapon 4 or prostrates herself before the latest Spielberg.
My fax machine fairly hums with offers of briefings from Cabinet ministers who can't quite believe their country is no longer the lead item on the White House daily briefing.
His Mike McDermott begins by explaining, in a current of voice-over narration that hums through the movie, "If you can't spot the sucker in your first half-hour at the table then you are the sucker."