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Abuzz


Definition:

  • (a.) In a buzz; buzzing.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Each tweet was identical – "The Lib Dem Eastleigh campaign in turmoil as Party's candidate admitted he 'voted for' 5,000 new houses on green spaces" – and the social networking site was soon abuzz with users claiming the episode was orchestrated from Tory central command and proof that some in the party were still struggling with the subtleties of campaigning in the digital age.
  • (2) Beyond court 73 Twitter was abuzz with idle speculation that one of the women lawyers present was clearly infatuated with Grant, effortlessly glamorous and with his spectacles off.
  • (3) The country is abuzz at suggestions that Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the prime minister, followed a protester into a supermarket and slapped him .
  • (4) The news that Edinburgh zoo is "not ruling out" the possibility that Tian Tian may be pregnant has set the nation abuzz.
  • (5) In the town, the quayside was abuzz with hormonal teenagers on scooters staring lovingly into each other's eyes.
  • (6) While the entertainment world goes mad for 3D, science is abuzz with the vast potential of this purely two-dimensional matter: it is 100 times stronger than steel, conducts electricity better than copper, and might one day displace silicon from the chip.
  • (7) The international development community is currently abuzz with what Priti Patel’s recent promotion to the Department for International Development (DfID) will mean for the future of UK aid.
  • (8) If this scoreline stands, I am sure the blaring misses will be unnoticed by the general public, who will instead be abuzz over that disallowed goal.
  • (9) For a while the inquiry headquarters was abuzz with optimism and diligence.
  • (10) It was rather ironic that as Gordon Brown took to the stage at the Digital Britain summit on Friday, the web was abuzz with the conclusion of a Swedish show trial which saw the founders of The Pirate Bay, a filesharing site, imprisoned and heavily fined.
  • (11) 5 March - Newspapers and blogs in the US are abuzz over the possibility that Obama's hair is already turning grey .
  • (12) 5.16pm BST One more key news flash from Italy: 16:58:29 RTRS - ITALY PRESIDENT NAPOLITANO SAYS HAS AGREED WITH PM LETTA TO SEEK SUPPORT FOR SOLID GOVERNMENT WITH OBJECTIVES TO PURSUE IN 2014 5.15pm BST Twitter is abuzz wit reaction to the latest twists in Italy: Alberto Nardelli (@AlbertoNardelli) As a wise man once said, don't say cat until it's in the sack: Berlusconi reportedly meeting PDL leadership again this evening.
  • (13) The sound was so loud that it sent the pens and spectacles lying on top of desks abuzz.
  • (14) Washington is abuzz this morning with news of a meeting last night between Cruz and members of the House kamikaze caucus in the basement of the Washington eatery Tortilla Coast.
  • (15) With just two weeks to go until the first round of elections on 23 May, coffee shops in Cairo are abuzz with debates about who the next president will be.
  • (16) The airwaves are instead abuzz with anti-Europe ministers being blocked from seeing particular papers , charges of “Project Fear” , counter-claims of “Project Fact” , and a blundering, half-abortive attempt to stop London officials from contradicting Boris Johnson’s pro-Brexit line.
  • (17) Management journals and business magazines are abuzz with discussions of how the changing makeup of the American workforce will affect business operations.
  • (18) Out on pitch four of the Premier League leaders' vast 11-pitch complex, Campbell is abuzz with intensity and concentration as he puts the cones out, plants mannequins into the turf and, quite literally, moves the goalposts as a group of 21 youngsters, which includes the 18-year-old defender Isaac Hayden and the Spain youth international Héctor Bellerín – both of whom featured in Arsenal's Capital One Cup victory over West Bromwich Albion on Wednesday – warm up under the watch of the fitness coach, Mark Armitage.
  • (19) while GTA has learned a lot about organic environments from Red Dead Redemption (the rural areas of San Andreas are abuzz with wildlife), it has learned its game systems from Max Payne.
  • (20) Watercoolers have been abuzz with talk of showstoppers, soggy bottoms, binned baked alaskas, Mary Berry ’s blazers, Paul Hollywood ’s piercing blue eyes, and Mel and Sue’s innuendoes.

Buzzing


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Buzz

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Moses buzzed about with intent, while Cesc Fàbregas relished a forward role tucked just behind Costa.
  • (2) Walcott buzzed in a free-kick and when this dropped to Elneny his 20-yard effort was saved superbly by Jakupovic.
  • (3) "If I hear my phone buzz, I have to pull it out and look at it, and then I'm totally distracted...
  • (4) These faux pas by the Institutional Revolutionary party candidate, famous for his good looks and telenovela star wife, at the international literary festival in Guadalajara, left Mexico's social and mainstream media buzzing with mockery.
  • (5) Absorbed into the bloodstream through the lip, Snus has a softer but longer nicotine buzz than cigarettes.
  • (6) Internet chatrooms have been buzzing with messages condemning Tokyo's response, with some calling for a boycott of Japanese goods.
  • (7) There is already a buzz about the place and by eleven the players are already in the dressing room, just next to the manager's office.
  • (8) Medical effectiveness initiatives, outcomes research, and practice guidelines--the new buzz words for the 90s--will change the way health care services are delivered and allocated.
  • (9) Yet even after Buzz ran aground, the row with Facebook went on - and in retrospect, it's obvious that Mark Zuckerberg didn't trust Google not to be trying to build its own social network and using Facebook's social graph to do it.
  • (10) Live streaming from the main stages enabled viewers to watch sets in real time – and combining it with social media meant you could see where the buzz was and flip over to see the best music.
  • (11) Places such as Manchester, Newham, Lewisham and Liverpool buzz with desire to do things better.
  • (12) "I get back late from all these try-out gigs and the buzz keeps me awake.
  • (13) On the other hand, well: tablets, smartphones, DVD players, advanced sex toys that do something other than just buzz, cars that don't smell like foot disease, an abundance of stuff that makes life easier and more interesting.
  • (14) A few days later, the line stretched round the block for last year's SXSW buzz band Haim .
  • (15) The buzz won Charli a deal with Asylum, a subsidiary of major label Atlantic, but she didn't release another thing until 2011.
  • (16) With his dying breath, Fred Ery identified Floyd "Buzz" Fay as his murderer.
  • (17) If I'm in a good mood it looks like Buzz Lightyear.
  • (18) With the music, as in this summer’s Roman season: the composer Claire van Kampen , licensed by Globe boss Dominic Dromgoole, worked around the idea that the Romans imported their festive music, and its instruments, from North Africa, and got hold of Moroccan and rustic Spanish drums and buzz-booming shawms .
  • (19) He went on to conduct The Book Programme (1974-80), and buzzed around the world for Robinson's Travels (1977-79).
  • (20) Her hums on early awards buzz Speaking of Oscar contenders, it will be fascinating to see how Spike Jonze's latest movie pans out.

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