buzz
noun
a low, vibrating, humming sound, as of bees, machinery, or people talking.
have been buzzing
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present perfect progressiveof buzz.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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For months, Chinese social-media users have been buzzing about the U.S. “kill line,” a phrase used in videogames to describe the point at which a character can be killed with a single blow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
"If I go back to when I was younger I would have been buzzing to see the race come through my town."
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2025
While the affair rumors have been buzzing around for years, the couple's relationship continues to be dissected by people online, especially on Reddit.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2024
Kinneret Shick Ohana, a mother of five children from Florida, saw the “bright, colorful cans of Prime” that her children have been buzzing about displayed in front aisles of Walmart when shopping for groceries.
From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2023
You don’t feel that way nowadays, surely,—at the rate the insects have been buzzing around you this winter.
From Turn About Eleanor by F. Graham Cootes
