buzz
noun
a low, vibrating, humming sound, as of bees, machinery, or people talking.
Example Sentences
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From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Instead, the humid silence is punctuated by the diesel generators, the occasional Bluetooth speaker or the tinny buzzing of a cell phone squeezing out reggaeton, reparto or US pop.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Seconds later, she heard a buzzing sound in the sky.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Late on Friday, my phone started buzzing with alarms from the speech.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
The engines started buzzing and the machine lifted off the ground and flew home.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
