buzz
noun
a low, vibrating, humming sound, as of bees, machinery, or people talking.
had buzzed
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past perfectof buzz.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The Kraken had buzzed Arizona’s net menacingly throughout the first period, with only luck and last-minute stick work sparing the Coyotes from falling behind.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
The country had buzzed with coup rumors for days, prompting a number of diplomatic missions, including that of the United States, to issue a statement on Friday.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2021
Did Sciorra complain to the condo board, Rotunno asked — seeing as, in Sciorra’s version of events, the doorman had buzzed Weinstein up without first alerting her?
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2020
Davis was thirty-six, stood more than six feet tall, and had buzzed hair and a goatee; his friends knew him as Huck or Big Guy.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 7, 2019
It had buzzed nonstop for the last hour, but each ring made me jump.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
