Verb
The word is derived from hum
of Hum
Source: Webster's dictionarySo, closing his heart, the Judge rode on, And Maud was left in the field alone. But the lawyers smiled that afternoon, When he hummed in court an old love-tune. John Greenleaf Whittier
The air came laden with the fragrance it caught upon its way, and the bees, upborne upon its scented breath, hummed forth their drowsy satisfaction as they floated by. Charles Dickens
All night, I talked to other people. I didn't look in his direction, but I always knew where he was. I was painfully aware of him. When he was nearby, my body hummed. When he was away, there was this dull ache. With him near, I felt everything. Jenny Han
Although the day was failing, the heat hung motionless in the air, and the warmth still hummed underfoot…I walked…through failed estates and problem blocks, where hooded kids shouted at me and bass-driven music poured out of the windows into the streets. Source: Internet
In the 10-page typewritten manuscript, Oklahoma attorney Buck Colbert Franklin recalls standing in his office, watching “’planes circling in mid-air’”: “’They grew in number and hummed, darted and dipped low. Source: Internet
Hammerstein hummed or sang the song "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" from Music in the Air (a personal favorite of the composer's) into Kern's ear. Source: Internet