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Meanings of hum a tune in English

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Usage of hum a tune in English
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I could not sing, but sometimes I attempted to hum a tune.
An Autobiography
2
Thus refreshed, he wiggled his toes, smiled toothlessly and began to hum a tune.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
3
She ran downstairs, feeling that she could hum a tune.
Senator North
4
Again he drummed noisily on the table, and hummed or tried to hum a tune.
Fan : The Story of a Young Girl's Life
5
Presently Tara of Helium commenced to hum a tune and Ghek, the kaldane, was content.
The Chessmen of Mars
6
The Irishman, remembering suddenly, commenced to hum a tune.
Harrigan
7
He, too, tried to hum a tune, but failed.
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
8
If I button my glove, and you were to hum a tune, don't you think that-
How He Lied to Her Husband
9
And forthwith she began to hum a tune, which however, she checked the next moment, remembering Nelly.
Thyrza
10
Good luck to you!' He turned away and looked out of the window, trying to hum a tune.
The lord of the rings
11
Rouleau only laughed, and began to hum a tune and shuffle a dance on his stumps of feet.
The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life
12
If, to dissipate reflection, I hum a tune, it changes to the "Lamentations of a Sinner."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 / A Maga...
13
And then straightway Florence began brightly to hum a tune and to busy herself repacking what was left of the lunch.
The Light of the Western Stars
14
But meanwhile those grave-diggers, now pivoting on their shovels, had begun to hum a tune of their own: a jaunty, Irish-inflected hornpipe.
Quicksilver
15
Farewell, lad, I would that we were sailing North together, and he turned his back upon me and began to hum a tune.
Cleopatra
16
I began to hum a tune, and moved about among the trunks, raising and shutting the lids, as if I were looking for something.
The Green Satin Gown
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