thrum

How To Use thrum In A Sentence

• It felt like chewing string dipped in weed killer, but within a couple of minutes the trembling in his limbs gave way to a kind of enervated thrumming and the pounding in his head subsided to a manageable level. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
• A stomach-teasing aroma of stewed food was in the air, and the thrumming of African bass guitar wafted through the open window.
• The frontier ran roughly north-westwards from London into the north-west midlands; Guthrum was to withdraw with his troops behind this line, where he was to be recognized as king of an independent kingdom.
• The blind man had finished his song; he began thrumming the strings again and singing amusing ballads.
• He cocked his head as he felt the deck under his feet thrumming with power.
• Or investing in the agricultural sector so farmers are more able to meet demand for crops like Artemesia annua and pyrethrum, easily-grown botanical ingredients in anti-malarial drugs? Global Voices in English » Global Health: Twitter Face-Off To Fight Malaria
• Others are synthetic versions of naturally-occurring insecticides, such as those found in the plant pyrethrum.
• We head toward the thrum and trumpet call of a loud bolero and enter the bar just as the six-man combo breaks into a loud rendition of ‘Chan Chan,’ the song made famous by the Buena Vista Social Club album.
• A case in point is ‘Smelling Limes In Winter’ which begins with thrumming, dulcimer-like pluckings through which a central drone rises.
• You can purchase concentrated pyrethrum from a nursery or the garden supply section of your supermarket.