Hummed is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Hummed meaning
simple past and past participle of hum
Using Hummed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of hum
- In the example corpus, hummed often appears in combinations such as: hummed along, and hummed, hummed and.
Context around Hummed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hummed
- In this selection, "hummed" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 18.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, alba, fairly, workers, backing and darted stand out and add context to how "hummed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include absentmindedly and hummed and body fairly hummed in her. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hummed" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hummed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They hummed with excitement. (4 words)
Bryan Ferry added hummed backing vocals to the song. (9 words)
Through the air on the flying trapeze, his mind hummed. (10 words)
One owner making the most of every opportunity for a stable or racecourse visits and embracing the whole experience is Barrie Gledden, a man whose music you have probably hummed even if you do not instantly recognise his name. (39 words)
In the 10-page typewritten manuscript, Oklahoma attorney Buck Colbert Franklin recalls standing in his office, watching “’planes circling in mid-air’”: “’They grew in number and hummed, darted and dipped low. (32 words)
It’s that kind of hope I remember from the Dayton of my youth, when it was a postwar boomtown with factories that not only hummed but virtually rattled. (29 words)
Example sentences (15)
Alex Salmond’s Alba hummed and hawed about a tilt for weeks.
They have also received a missive with binary code depicting the double helix of DNA and and maybe even hummed along to Across the Universe by the Beatles.
Its body fairly hummed in her hand, tiny, anxious movements up and down.
They hummed with excitement.
It’s that kind of hope I remember from the Dayton of my youth, when it was a postwar boomtown with factories that not only hummed but virtually rattled.
Party leaders Sanjay Singh and Dilip Pandey sang patriotic songs, as a few workers hummed along.
One owner making the most of every opportunity for a stable or racecourse visits and embracing the whole experience is Barrie Gledden, a man whose music you have probably hummed even if you do not instantly recognise his name.
The offense hummed along as it should have, but that defense is worrisome.
To a man, when given the opportunity to back up their words they hemmed and hummed under his gaze.
Bryan Ferry added hummed backing vocals to the song.
Hammerstein hummed or sang the song "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" from Music in the Air (a personal favorite of the composer's) into Kern's ear.
In the 10-page typewritten manuscript, Oklahoma attorney Buck Colbert Franklin recalls standing in his office, watching “’planes circling in mid-air’”: “’They grew in number and hummed, darted and dipped low.
The " Alabama Song ", for example, can be picked up absentmindedly and hummed.
The lyrics and melodies of Gilbert and Sullivan were hummed and strummed into my consciousness at an early age.
Through the air on the flying trapeze, his mind hummed.
Common combinations with hummed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: