humming

How To Use humming In A Sentence

• While workers are at home sleeping, their computers are humming along.
• The front was embossed with a teal hummingbird sitting on a tie-dyed tree stump.
• From the seed feeders on the deck come the euphonious calls of chickadees, the bell-like trill of the dark-eyed juncos, the down-slurred whistle of the titmice, the “ank-ank” of the nuthatches, the “zree” of the house finches, and the coo of doves; from the nectar feeders and flowers, the whirr of hummingbird wings. Birdology
• When she wasn't humming she spoke in "theatrical tongue" using many made-up words as we laughed and we purged. La question mille francs - French Word-A-Day
• This and the two following numbers, 26 and 27, are only required for the humming birds; 28 is, however, a good size for the least. 24 will be found a good size for the smaller kinds of warblers and finches up to canaries. 21 is a useful general size for a great number of small birds, and will do for such a bird as the hawfinch. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling a
• The bees were humming in the garden.
• The nurse promenaded down the hall, humming what seemed to be some kind of gospel tune.
• Restricted foraging time due to inclement weather and the resultant decrease in food intake is believed to influence hypothermia in manakins and may induce torpor in hummingbirds.
• Several species of hummingbirds flit about the blooms of the Arizona trumpet and the desert honeysuckle, while the rat-tat-tat of five different kinds of woodpeckers may be heard.
• He's got competition for places humming. Times, Sunday Times