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.