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Hums

British  
/ hʊms /

noun

  1. a variant of Homs

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Hums out I should have been scared of him.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

Hums a low song about a bird with broken wings who learns to fly.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

The linden, in the fervors of July, Hums with a louder concert.

From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry

Thine be a cot beside a hill," Hums Mrs. Haweis in our ear; "Such cots are in the market still, At only thirty pounds a year.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 18, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

In 1862 she taught in the Sidon School, and afterwards married the Rev. Sulleba Jerwan, the first native pastor in Hums.

From The Women of the Arabs by Robinson, Charles S. (Charles Seymour)