hum tunelessly
Frequency: 5.23.8 per million words
to hum without a recognizable melody
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Examples (10)
- He began to hum, somewhat tunelessly.
- She would often hum tunelessly while doing chores.
- The child hummed tunelessly as he played with his toys.
- Even when happy, he tended to hum a bit tunelessly.
- I heard her humming tunelessly from the other room.
- Don't hum tunelessly; try to follow the melody.
- His habit of humming tunelessly sometimes annoyed his colleagues.
- She tried to sing, but it came out as a tunelessly hummed melody.
- He was so engrossed that he started to hum quite tunelessly.
- The old man sat on the bench, humming tunelessly to himself.