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Examples of thrum
thrum
Emphasizing aesthetics within ordinariness, their surfaces thrum with meaning.
From the latimes.com
I downshift the six-speed automatic transmission just to feel the full-bore thrum.
From the bloomberg.com
That three-cylinder engine is more characterful than a four, with an offbeat thrum.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The absence of electric thrum amplified the weather, huge and encroaching and endless.
From the nytimes.com
Pin and thrum heterostyly occurs in dimorphic species of Primula, such as P. vulgaris.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In the thrum type, the positions of he stigma and anthers are reversed.
From the newscientist.com
It doesn't take long for the engines to go from a whine to a deep thrum.
From the forbes.com
But the notion of Austrian terroir was drowned out by the marketing thrum of King Gruner.
From the sfgate.com
Elsewhere their polyrhythmic thrum evoked Brazilian samba schools or Tahitian log drummers.
From the nytimes.com
- A thrumming sound; "he could hear the thrum of a banjo"
- Hum: sound with a monotonous hum
- Strum: sound the strings of (a string instrument); "strum a guitar"
- Drum: make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
- Heterostyly is a unique form of polymorphism and herkogamy in flowers. In a heterostylous species, two or three different morphological types of flowers, termed morphs, exist in the population. On each individual plant, all flowers share the same morph. ...
- Rug hooking is both an art and a craft where rugs are made by pulling loops of yarn or fabric through a stiff woven base such as burlap, linen, or rug warp. The loops are pulled through the backing material by using a crochet-type hook mounted in a handle (usually wood) for leverage. ...
- A thrumming sound; The fringe of threads of warp left after cloth has been cut off of a loom; Any short piece of yarn or rope; To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking
- (thrumming) extra protection given to fenders especially bow fenders in the form of lose rope yarns.
- (Thrums) Short pieces of rope yarns used in making mats, being sewed by their bights to the canvas or cloth. Thrums are made by cutting old and worn out gear into lengths and unlaying the strands.
