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Meanings of distant hum in English

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Usage of distant hum in English
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The bells rang for schools; the distant hum of the town began.
Saxe Holm's Stories / First Series
2
And the distant hum of a town seen hazily in the mist.
Jean-Christophe Journey's End
3
There was a distant hum and a rumble as the reading approached.
First among sequels
4
With his ear to the ground, he heard the distant hum of industry.
New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 / ...
5
There was no other sound except the distant hum of motors.
Patient Zero
6
No distant hum of an organ, no memorial plaques on cold and soberly-painted walls.
The Irish Times
7
From the work-room came the distant hum of a sewing-machine and the sound of voices.
K
8
Soon their voices had petered to a distant hum.
Halo
9
Suddenly there is the distant hum of a motor.
Flying for France: With the American Escadrille at Verdun
10
The outer airlock cycled open with a distant hum.
Caliban's War
11
There were no sharp near-noises, the city's activity coming merely as a faint distant hum.
Story of Chester Lawrence / Being the Completed Account of One w...
12
Another shout-thewhirl of the wheels-thetrampling of feet-the distant hum and murmur-andall was still.
Night and Morning, Volume 5
13
The band had stopped, and there was the distant hum of voices and the crackle of plates.
The Christian: A Story
14
There certainly was a dull vibration in the air, a vibration like the distant hum of machinery.
The Man Who Rocked the Earth
15
There was still the distant hum of voices, but the physical isolation was far too disconcerting for Amy.
The notorious scoundrel
16
Towards morning, a distant hum in the nizam's camp proclaimed that the troops were mustering for the assault.
With Clive in India; Or, The Beginnings of an Empire
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United States of America
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