Used in a Sentence

humming

How to use humming in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for humming.

Editorial note

That is not specifically aimed at you: I've been humming variants of the same tune for years.

Examples21
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

a humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of humming gathered in one view.

noun

a humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic"

noun

the act of singing with closed lips

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for humming.

noun

a humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic"

noun

the act of singing with closed lips

Example sentences

1

That is not specifically aimed at you: I've been humming variants of the same tune for years.

2

Ever tried riffing off a humming appliance? It's really fun.

3

I noticed my friend humming McDonalds' I'm lovin' it to herself as she worked just 20 minutes ago. Gross.

4

If you have a customer acquisition model that you've worked out and is humming along, you are doing awesome. The mind plays all kinds of tricks to get us off-path in our startups.

5

I have a very low voice and enjoy singing or humming along with the bass line in music some times. While I was singing along with a song, all of a sudden my monitor started to go a bit nuts and wave.

6

Countless hours spinning objects, humming notes, doing routines, slightly ocd to an extent. Much like the caffeinated nights at the terminal for endless hours.

7

For me, lying on the floor would be far too noisy with hundreds of PCs humming away and I would be at constant risk of being stepped on by my colleagues.

8

You can continue humming bars in that direction. If you routinely get emails like this, though, firm handshake and recommend a provider more appropriate to their needs.

9

A metal bird, making strange humming noise, hovering over their heads... A couple of years ago I was driving on the I-95 from Las Vegas to Tonopah.

10

But on the other hand, they are sometimes easy to admire precisely because they ignore the little "glue" rules that keep polite society humming along so nicely. They are rebels in that regard.

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It always felt like there was so much untapped potential humming there behind the prompt. Eventually my company switched to Oracle and DB hacking quickly became another one of those annoying things.

12

Your servers are humming along just fine, there's a transient network failure that you fix, and then you think you're fine. Meanwhile you've leaked a ton of memory, web servers start swapping, and the user experience goes to shit as most requests are delayed or timed out.

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Many of the largest databases on the planet are humming away on SQL systems right now. SQL is abstract from the underlying platform, so if you have a cluster of 100 machines each in front of 1000 storage arrays each in front of 100 SSDs, it doesn't suddenly become "NoSQL".

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We can hear this continual telephoning in our telephones down here as a humming and singing, you must have heard it too. Now this humming and singing transmitted by our telephones is the only real and reliable thing you'll hear, everything else is deceptive.

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Instead of humming along with 10 or so employees raking in cash hand-over fist, they tried to grow as fast and as large as possible to try to revolutionize news. Instead, Reddit did the former and is stable and profitable; it never pretends to be something it's not.

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Instead of humming along with 10 or so employees raking in cash hand-over fist, they tried to grow as fast and as large as possible to try to revolutionize news. Instead, Reddit did the former and is stable and profitable; it never pretends to be something it's not.

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There's probably something wrong with me but I quite enjoy the masochistic rituals of getting postfix/dovecot/opendkim/spamassassin/zarafa humming. Postfix is actually a beautiful piece of software once you spend some time with it and get to know it.

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People rarely intend the ill consequences of their risky behavior, but closing your eyes and humming doesn't make it safer. The legislators who passed child pornography laws probably didn't intend to cause 13-year-olds to get prosecuted under the law, but that's what ended up happening.

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I remember back when I delivered pizzas, it was not uncommon for most of us drivers to all be humming the same song as we are getting stuff inside, since we all listened to the same stations. If it was a really good song ending as I got back to the store, it was not uncommon to find that I waited it out in the parking lot along with at least two other drivers.

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Facebook has made sure that their site runs well - a minimum of errors, predictable and decently speedy response, and a willingness to address technological challenges that keep the site humming. While we might lambaste Facebook a bit from a social perspective, they've open sourced some genuinely good tools and seem to be sticking to their technological guns.

Quote examples

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I'm sitting at work, humming their damned jingle to myself, as I suffer through my 9 to 5 drudgery. Then I come home check the mail box. There are two bills. Cable and Gas/Electric. The cable is more. It's $150 dollars. I'm subscribed to two thirds of their products, and I'm humming their incessant jingle to myself about how all three of their products should cost two thirds of what I'm actually paying for the stinking two thirds of what they offer.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use humming in a sentence?

That is not specifically aimed at you: I've been humming variants of the same tune for years.

What does humming mean?

a humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic"

What part of speech is humming?

humming is commonly used as noun.