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Hums

/ hʊms /

noun

  1. a variant of Homs

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Entering Sphere, the escalators are tinted sepia and the soundscape hums with birdsong and lowing cattle.

The looping refrain “hello, it’s me” haunts and hums scantily and seductively behind a manic pulsing beat and harrowing strings, until the final movement in the song punches rapid-fire as if knocking out an opponent with self-revelation.

In the Old Bakehouse Coffee Shop in the town centre, chatter hums above the clatter of cups and cutlery.

From BBC

“Diciannove” hums with the dissonance of repression plus expression in Leonardo’s consequential 19th year.

Simmer Indian egg curry while the fan hums in the background.

From Salon

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