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humming

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1. humming - Noun

2. humming - Adjective

3. humming - Verb

Derived from hum

Meaning

of Hum

Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing.

A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres. Pythagoras

I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain. Enya

His eyes were eggs of unstable crystal, vibrating with a frequency whose name was rain and the sound of trains, suddenly sprouting a humming forest of hair-fine glass spines. William Gibson

Surely all God's people, however serious and savage, great or small, like to play. Whales and elephants, dancing, humming gnats, and invisibly small mischievous microbes, - all are warm with divine radium and must have lots of fun in them. John Muir

It was his subconscious which told him this - that infuriating part of a person's brain which never responds to interrogation, merely gives little meaningful nudges and then sits humming quietly to itself, saying nothing. Douglas Adams

Marvin was humming ironically because he hated humans so much. Douglas Adams

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