verb
definition
To make a thoughtful humming noise.
interjection
definition
Indicating thinking or pondering.
example
Hmm... I just can't decide between the two.
definition
A demand for an answer to a question.
example
Just where were you until 2 a.m.? Hmm?
Examples of hmm in a Sentence
Hmm, that's really strange.
Hmm, can I trust you upstairs?
She mused, "Hmm, slumming it are we?"
Hmm, there's that loyalty I saw in your palm.
Hmm, that's a damn good question.
Hmm, I'm not sure, what do you think?
Hmm, do you think?
Electricity (hmm, I guess the trailer was solar powered), a refrigerator, air conditioning.
Hmm, maybe it's because she doesn't know yet and you feel guilty.
And I'm still a bit hmm about the album anyway.
Victor drawled, "Hmm, seems your pet is important to you… I believe you both know the lovely Cassandra."
Hmm... what do you need to do to start up a political party?
Here are pedlars of Nostradamus, and writers of newspaper horoscopes, and academics preaching the End of History... Hmm.
Hmm, that 's the graveyard shift of conference week is n't it?
Hmm that 's interesting tho, so do you expect supervisors to weed out the plagiarism and before submission of thesis.
Hmm not bad for 98 she thought, that wrinkle cream really works.
Hmm, since you already asked her once, I think if she liked you she would have told you then.
Hmm, maybe since Victor was behind it, it didn't work.
Let's have a look… hmm, very loyal... and passionate...
Hmm, that's the graveyard shift of conference week isn't it?
Niall hmm, a ' penetration testing ' firm has worked out a way of pumping smut into every room.
If you're thinking, "hmm, sounds expensive," well, yes, it can be.
Hmm. I think it means that she's not ready to go out with you right now.
Hmm. Sounds like their life after battery is another reality series in the making.
Hmm, I can check that off my list of life things to do.
Chaos Tower mode lets you pick three different characters to control as you battle through the Chaos Tower (hmm, so that's why they called it Chaos Tower).
Victor drawled, "Hmm, seems your pet is important to you… I believe you both know the lovely Cassandra."
Hmm, that's good, they seem well suited.
Hmm. Too bad you didn't videotape her, so she could see for herself.