At the faintest hum of an outboard engine, some 200 villagers, essentially the entire mobile population of Yagloo, run to the banks of the swollen Shabelle River with empty baskets and expectant eyes, hoping for powdered milk, a few handfuls of grain, some malaria pills, anything.
I croaked out a hello then put on my best business voice, made difficult by the hum of a diesel engine penetrating the aluminum outer shell of my '69 Airstream camper.
Unlike the hum of a 737 engine, it's not the kind of consistent sound it's easy to program against.
Often with a cigar between his teeth, Walker stands on the edge of his tidal pool for hours, the silence interrupted only by the occasional hum of a lobster boat engine, by the ripping sounds of the changing tide or by a calling loon.
A strong hive hums deep like an engine.
And the picture doesn't spare this feeling on the viewer as the continual purr and hum of the engine places you at one with the car -- a oneness that has become the character's very identities.
I steered Jane through the still darkness of Teterboro, grateful for the hum of her engine.
There is no music, just the hum of the engine and the whoosh of passing traffic, and blessings of back story are only stingily doled out.
"Once we hit the open road, I sat back, listening to the hum of the engine as the speedometer settled at 120 kilometres per hour".
