thrumming

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And then it seemed to him that the moonlight was gathered into a single slip of pallor--there was a thrumming, a throbbing, and that shape of moonlight moved towards him.

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  1. transitive verb Music To play (a stringed instrument) idly or monotonously: thrummed a guitar.
  2. transitive verb To speak, repeat, or recite in a monotonous tone of voice; drone.
  3. intransitive verb Music To strum idly on a stringed instrument.
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  • A steady thrumming, like rain on a metal roof, filled my ears. —  AHMM,July-August2008
  • Gray-blue waves crash against the rocks with a pounding force that Tish can feel even onboard ship a mile or more away, like a thrumming pressure against her breastbone. —  Asimov'sSF,January2008
  • The sky seemed to shift downward within the gate, and the thrumming was in his brain. —  Cherryh,_C.J._-_Exiles_Gate.htm
  • It was a miracle how, switching the knob to on , you felt immediately the vibrating life of the marvelous instrument inside the cabinet like a thrumming soul. —  The Gravedigger’s Daughter
  • Rebecca saw how the radio dial glowed a rich thrumming orange like something living. —  The Gravedigger’s Daughter
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