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

Others urge something more proactive: Restaurant kitchens, hotel break rooms and group chats have been buzzing with the notion of Latino workers staging a one-day strike to demonstrate the town’s dependence on imported labor.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2024

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

Fans have been buzzing for this year's EastEnders special since the show's February flashforward scene teased a big mystery.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 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 Cootes, F. Graham