It was the Hogmanay party and the drawing room was humming with conversation.

The room hummed with the noise of lathes and other machine tools.

The room hummed with conversation, glasses clinking as the early rounds of wine were served.

Fuller hit the main power switch and the room around him hummed to life.

It seemed as if the entire room was humming with mischief.

He stopped as the room hummed with suddenly alarmed conversation.

The room hummed and the temperature rose again as the ship expelled its deadly energy.

The room hummed again and Karel lost another twelve percent.

The detectors sang, the room humming with their high-pitched whine.

The room hummed with anticipation as I thought it through.