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- verb Present participle of
thrum .
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Examples
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Nothing that shall go in the history books like Franklin, but the kind of thrumming that becomes part of the landscape...until the landscape itself changes.
Vanilla and spring air ScentScelf 2009
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Nothing that shall go in the history books like Franklin, but the kind of thrumming that becomes part of the landscape...until the landscape itself changes.
Archive 2009-04-01 ScentScelf 2009
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He threads metal bars between the strings and agitates them rhythmically, creating a kind of thrumming which evokes wind through trees, or perhaps some ancient ritual.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The Valkyries blasted low through the concrete canyons, their triple rotors thrumming whisper quiet, their sleek, dark shapes swooping in and out of the derelict towers.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » January : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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The night air was chilly, but my blood was thrumming with the possibility of finding answers and that shook off any chance of being cold.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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Going against men, I have heard at times a deep harmony thrumming in the mixture, and when they ask me what
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His eyes were ringed with gold now, thrumming with desire.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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My fascination with this man has a thrumming pulse of its own, and in truth, I cannot pass up this chance, however slim, however unlikely—my glass-slipper heart will not allow it.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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He kissed my neck, the blood thrumming in my ear as my world narrowed until there was nothing left but the movement of his body with mine.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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I was definitely swimming slower now, but my veins were thrumming, my blood pulsing in an easy cadence.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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