Not to mention all those other awards (most notably the Booker international) that now seem to be constantly humming away in the background.

Even though his face was somber, he constantly hummed to himself, so low I could barely hear it, a tuneless background buzzing.

Am I glowing and in love with the whole universe, am I laughing over nothing and constantly humming to myself?

The walls hummed constantly with machinery, and colored lights flashed over various experiment boxes.

On Kurtz's desk the fax hummed constantly, piling up paper.

The arbeiter hummed constantly, a sign of imminent collapse.

The author becomes especially attached to 12-year-old Emily, a severely retarded girl who cannot speak and hums constantly.

It also seems to be constantly humming a tone-deaf tune that induces high stress.

Overhead, the wind hummed constantly in the taut hangers.

The ship hummed constantly with carbon dioxide scrubbers, the fetid air making Irravel sneeze.