1. Synonyms for Bombinate include hum, buzz, drone, whir, murmur, purr, throb, vibrate, thrum and bumble

2. 5 She sighed and stretched her body sensuously beneath the sheet, listening dreamily to the almost comforting thrum of the receding planes.

3. The gudewife Birrs wi ' the wheel a' day, Three threeds an' a thrum, Three threeds an' a thrum, 1925, Charles Stewart Black, The Scots Magazine - Volume 4, page 256: The muircock Birrs at yer snell ha' door , An' fyles blawin' drift yer sheep will smore, To lurch or set to spinning

4. Reviews “Circe gives us a feminist slant on the Odyssey …Miller makes these age-old texts thrum with contemporary relevance … An airy delight, a novel to be gobbled greedily in a single sitting” – Observer “Enough magic, enchantment, voyages and wonders to satisfy the most jaded sword-and-sorcery palate.Miller approaches Odysseus's story from Circe's point of view, richly evoking