Sentence examples for of a hum from inspiring English sources

He descends into a bit of a hum and a haw, fiddles with his apple juice.

Anywhere you go in the centre, the familiar whining and clattering from the tram echoes throughout the streets, becoming part of a hum that is distinctly Budapest.

Dr. James Kelly, an ear specialist and director of surgical sciences at the University of New Mexico who examined complaints of a hum in Taos, said that "tinnitus hearers report hearing higher frequency sound" than the people he studied.

As the encounter goes through its faltering paces, matching the pained rhythms of Cate's stuttering speech, we are made subliminally aware of a bigger world outside, of a hum of crowds and traffic and a glow of tainted light.

It's also more common in rural or suburban environments; reports of a hum are rare in urban areas, probably because of the steady background noise in crowded cities.

We also greet the customers one evening: a lot of tourists, a lot of couples, a hum of unembarrassed anticipation.

They're the digital natives, fresh-minted citizens of a humming online world.

Maine, along with many other states, puts a general limit on nighttime noise at 45 decibels -- roughly equivalent to the sound of a humming refrigerator.

While the sound effects here (by Sarah Pickett) include drumbeats, thunder, tolling bells and horrified screams, you're always aware of a humming silence beneath.

Maine, along with many other states, puts a general limit on nighttime noise at 45 decibels — roughly equivalent to the sound of a humming refrigerator.

After an intermission and the installation of a humming smoke machine at the rear of the stage, Mr. Corea's Elektric Band walked on.