How To Use Buzzing In A Sentence

I couldn't swear to it, what with scissors snipping and buzzers buzzing, but I think the young lad was asking his dad why you still needed a haircut when you were going bald.
The bees are buzzing away among the flowers.
Hytra Grouper on a bed of salicornia and spinach accompanied with a crayfish sauce scented with pelargonium at Hytra It's daybreak at Athens' Agora, or central market, and the air is buzzing with the cries of fish mongers hawking the day's catch. Not Your Typical Greek Salad
Insects swarm about the damp light of the street-lamps, their buzzings reflected very slightly in the bitumen below your feet.
Some come buzzing drunkenly off the ceiling, motor around loudly, and butt against the light.

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The whole of Dumfries is just buzzing. The Sun
There were a lot of people my age in town, a lot of professional musicians were based here and it was buzzing.
She strained her ears, but all she heard was the chirping of the birds and the buzzing song of the grasshoppers. A SHRINE OF MURDERS
Another word buzzing around the conference was "immersion" -- as defined by Frank Rose in his fascinating new book, The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories. Arianna Huffington: On Change, Disruptive Innovation, and the Problem With Paywalls
But the swarm of insectile buzzing quickly cohered and built to a climax until it, too, was gone forever - without fadeout or explanation.
Cody makes a stupid buzzing sound signaling I had gotten the answer wrong.
Her head must be buzzing by now. Times, Sunday Times
Happily, Rowan's efforts are as edgy and buzzing with street life as the argot he describes.
Bulletin boards and microblogs have been buzzing all day with chatter about Google's announcement.
Above us we heard the buzzing sound of slow-moving unmanned aerial surveillance drones circling the sky.
The shrill voices of the children, rising all around her, made a buzzing in her ears, for the argument between her boys and the Meanwells on one side and the Dalys on the other about the tent they had been trying to build together in the corner formed by her fence and the Meanwell coalhouse, was starting up again. The Dollmaker
May there be some clear little stream just behind you, laughing along its idle way; -- some chirping birds, singing their roundelay -- some buzzing flies -- you will then be lulled into doziness. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 266, July 28, 1827
Kostas wore his special protective clothing and took out a big sack and a smoke-box filled with pine needles. A high ladder had to be kept in the air in order not to frighten the bees, which were sitting high up in the tree, one on top of the other, creating a big revolving buzzing bee-ball.
They have been kitted out for work with awful fawn aertex shirts, grey slacks and green pullovers but they wear silk stockings and lipstick when off duty, and have rapidly acquired a reputation for being ‘fast’, which has all the young men buzzing round like wasps at a honey pot. Presumption of Death
The whole place is buzzing. Times, Sunday Times
While he was doing that you could hear the electric rail buzzing, meaning that the train was coming. Times, Sunday Times
I can hear something buzzing.
This is what makes the buzzing sound. Times, Sunday Times
She was buzzing along at mound height plus 500 feet and flew directly over me as if she knew I was there, which, of course, was impossible.
Soon figures were buzzing round like angry wasps. Times, Sunday Times
The air is full of the smell of honeysuckle, the buzzing of bees, the chirruping of bluebirds, and the sizzling of meat.
With a snare of some sort in one and a swarm of buzzing insects in the other, neither of the tunnels looked inviting.
We went down to the hospital where the atmosphere was buzzing. Times, Sunday Times
Dundee's Caird Hall, the venue for the student enterprise summit, was buzzing with undergraduates and postgrads.
Even an alarm clock buzzing right beside her head or a horn blowing near her ear wouldn't make her twitch or cause even the slightest flinch.
The audible ringing was still echoing through her head, buzzing in her ears and making her feel as her whole life had only been a dream.
The mist has cleared sufficiently for somebody to be buzzing overhead in a microlight. Times, Sunday Times
With my left ear painlessly buzzing in its temporary deafness and the roof of my mouth lightly seared and tasting like steak, I retired for the evening.
The Yacht pub in Clontarf was buzzing at midnight last night and strong drink was being consumed at a terrific rate.
The last bees of the year are buzzing, pumpkins are ripening orange, and the birds are sitting on telegraph wires, considering following many Hamptons' residents south to Palm Beach for the winter.
There's a bee buzzing between your ears, isn't there?
They were an extremist joke, a tartan midgie buzzing annoyingly in the background. Times, Sunday Times
Male asities enlarge their wattles when they display to females and their outer primary feathers produce a buzzing sound when they fly.
The generator's owner, a frail old Korean man, was warming his hands in the buzzing machine's exhaust.
In fact, the players are buzzing at the moment and I am looking forward to getting them back to business.
The classroom is buzzing with rumours.
‘Right away, sir,’ he said more enthusiastically, buzzing for a bellhop to carry their bags and lead them to their room.
There was a pause during which I seemed to hear the regular gentle swish of the punkah and the steady buzzing of the cicadas in the sandalwood trees.
The explosions deafened our ears, we had buzzing sounds in our ears, " Jose said.
Oh, gross!" she said, looking at the flies buzzing above the piles of dirty plates.
But her saucy buzzing hints only led to me getting a bee costume. The Sun
The halls were buzzing with activity per usual, but he didn't comprehend any of it.
Some come buzzing drunkenly off the ceiling, motor around loudly, and butt against the light.
Their workers, too, were not exactly buzzingly productive. Undefined
After receiving the charge with every mark of derision, the pupils formed in line and buzzingly passed a ragged book from hand to hand. Great Expectations
The contents of the coat, which had lain undisturbed for approximately eight months, are currently in the process of being catalogued and analyzed, but early reports already have the scientific community buzzing.
I have one quibble, but that's with the engineering, where the balance of the cello sonata's first movement allows the piano to dampen the cello often to mere buzzing.
The blogosphere naturally is buzzing with good commentary about this issue.
This is what makes the buzzing sound. Times, Sunday Times
On the cashew tree outside the bedroom window, ‘the bell-shaped yellow fruits hung lazily, drawing buzzing bees that bumped against my window's netting.’
They're all buzzing around like blowflies on a carcase... Sorry. A WORM OF DOUBT
She had the responsibility and honor of driving Ruth and the dolls in her own donkey-cart to the scene of action, where the school children, and some of the idlest or most good-natured of Mrs. Alwynn's friends, were even then assembling, and where Mrs. Alwynn herself was already dashing from point to point, buzzing like a large "bumble" bee. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers
It's the holidays, and things are buzzing with human activity, in a usually deserted sort of way.
The only sounds were the gentle breeze rustling my curtains and the buzzing of the refrigerator.
That said, this week's brimming with sparkling repartee and buzzing with bright ideas - so cruise and schmooze to your heart's content.
Inside, my head is buzzing, the direct result of mixing beer, wine and champers - never a good idea.
Little marine life has been attracted to the wreck, apart from the odd moray eel and scorpionfish and a shoal of cardinalfish buzzing around the cockpit.
Out with the desk lamps, bare bulbs, buzzing fluorescents.
We went down to the hospital where the atmosphere was buzzing. Times, Sunday Times
The birding world is buzzing (or more aptly, chirping) with the news announced yesterday that a new species of bird, the spectacled flowerpecker, may have been found in WN.com - Articles related to Tiger tourism and tiger conservation are Varty's mission at South Africa's Tiger Canyons (Part 2)
I am buzzing for Nathan as he is my best mate at the club.
And the only thing that's buzzing is bees on the local honey. The Sun
The next thing was the intercom buzzing outside our bedroom. The Sun
By mid-morning, the trimmed green field in front of the fenced-in prison should be buzzing with activity.
The village was buzzing with excitement at the news of the Queen's visit.
‘Sometimes I feel like I'm trapped in my past,’ said Sarah, buzzing from her gin gimlet.
And, little by little, the utterly unprecedented thought began buzzing around my cortex, like a gnat in a jar.
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Dundee's Caird Hall, the venue for the student enterprise summit, was buzzing with undergraduates and postgrads.
There is no music beyond the sound of their buzzing, humming and groaning voices, amplified by microphones hanging over the stage. Times, Sunday Times
Estrella yawned a little, and closed her eyes, listening silently to the serene sound of birds chirping and the small insects of summer buzzing.
Now haste thee, do! for I would fain cause Father Jordan to skrike out at me, and I have scarce time to get my work done ere the old drone shall come buzzing up this gait. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
He asked if I was the pilot that was under arrest for buzzing Jones Beach and I said yes.
When we get music from a new young artist it is definitely something that gets us buzzing. The Sun
Shopping malls and supermarkets are buzzing as consumer spending rebounds.
The guy who wanted to sue because his ears were buzzing after a rock concert is a ridiculous example, but it shows the way people are thinking.
I'd tell you how, except I didn't see it because I was too busy trying to chronicle Ukraine's opener for posterity and being pestered by a fly that's buzzing around my head and won't effing eff the eff off.
The electricity between these two were just buzzing with excitement and with dangerous passion.
Great Victoria Street was buzzing with young people in stylish clothes after the opera and bars and restaurants were bursting at the seams.
The swarm of insectile buzzing quickly cohered and built to a climax until it, too, was gone forever - without fadeout or explanation.
He says it feels like an angry wasp buzzing in his head he can only get out by hitting something. Times, Sunday Times
They listed children racing around on quad and motorbikes, noise from buzzing generators, loose horses and animal mess on pavements around the site among their complaints.
I was buzzing after it and we got the local bragging rights. The Sun
He can imitate any actor, tragic or comic; any known Parliamentary orator or clergyman; any saw, cock, cloop of a cork wrenched from a bottle and guggling of wine into the decanter afterwards, bee buzzing, little boy up a chimney, etc. The Newcomes
But come showtime it'll be buzzing and Sylla, as he ambles towards me on the pitchside track, cuts an impressive (if slightly bandy - legged) figure.
I was awakened at about 12: 30 AM by the annoying sound of a mosquito buzzing around my head.
These words drove all the heroic thoughts out of my brain, and I tried to look back to see how near our pursuers were; but I could not turn my head round, but only listen to the shouts, while _crack, crack, crack_ came the reports of rifles -- badly aimed by the mounted men, who fired from the saddle, holding their weapons pistol-wise -- the bullets from which went whizzing and buzzing past our ears. Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer
From the buzzing hive of contradictions that frequently scourge the truly gifted, there are strong signs that McEnroe wanted to do something entirely different.
We were ready to go on the first tee in the afternoon and we were buzzing.
This is what makes the buzzing sound. Times, Sunday Times
This was his Proms debut, and a packed Albert Hall was buzzing with excitement.
The air would take on a static charge, and you'd be able to hear your own ears buzzing.
A researcher first noticed the signal while holding the animal in his hands: a buzzing sensation seemed to emanate from its body just in front of its forelimbs.
Seven minutes later, we were in front of said school, which was lit up and buzzing with excitement.
Only two sounds disturbed the silence - a fly buzzing desultorily against the window, and a tap dripping into the sink.
They are buzzing about getting on stage here to show off their brilliant live show. The Sun
In many a laboured scene of the wannest humour and of the most affecting passion I have seen the best actors disconcerted, while these buzzing muscatos have been fluttering round their eyes and ears. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield
Tinnitus is a condition where the sufferer hears intermittent or continuous ringing, hissing, whistling, roaring or buzzing noises in one or both ears.
After a long day, and with our ears buzzing, we were all starving.
As you finally ascend the topmost mast, a faint vertigo assails you, but the adrenaline is buzzing.
As Jack slowly crept forward he heard a soft buzzing off in the corner.
The hallway was buzzing with murmurs and hushed voices.
I turned just in time to see a supersonic jet disappear again, after buzzing us from 200 feet.
Such was the constant buzzing around our ears that at first we were deaf to the sound of inbound propellers.
His guitar is a gristly sandblast to the eardrums, buzzing over a keyed-up rhythm section, and the raw mix doesn't shave off the edges.
There's also a buzzing après-ski scene, and the cost of a skiing holiday here is fairly easy on the wallet when compared to, say, Switzerland.
Their rapid wingbeats also produce a buzzing sound.
Florida Conservation writes that the pygmy rattlesnake is common throughout all of Florida, and that its rattle "is small and slender and produces a sound like the buzzing of an insect. Man Sues Walmart After Being Bitten By Snake, But Keeps Going Back For The Deals - The Consumerist
A narrow gap opened in its slick, yet unreflecting surface - no doubt the voyager's entrance, and it swayed softly on the buzzing rope.
Specially created foliage, flowers and trellising will recreate a classic English country garden with added sound effects such as church bells, buzzing bees and bird song.
That pattern swells to a buzzing mass of sound so dense that it seems to comprise a single melodic entity.
A source said:'Two drones were buzzing the place and not one dog barked. The Sun
We make suitably enthusiastic noises to the owners, and depart, buzzing with excitement.
bees were buzzing around the hive
Other buzzing entrepreneurs would zoom up and buy your rejects to peddle at flea markets.
He's buzzing with ideas, opinions and sagacious thoughts.
They want us to feel impotent, to worship the golden calf of commercialism, dazzled and opiated by its pale buzzing glow.
The humid air was thick with the squawks and cries of birds, the distant roar of howler monkeys, the electric buzzing of cicadas, and mysterious rustlings in the dense undergrowth.
I groaned and rolled over as some obnoxious buzzing noise interrupted my nap.
They are buzzing about getting on stage here to show off their brilliant live show. The Sun
Householders are being tormented by the buzzing wasps and businesses like restaurants and pubs are being plagued by the insects with a sting in their tail.
There were tractors ploughing the soil, many of the shrubs had been uprooted and it was buzzing with activity.
You always have energy to burn and the constant rushing around keeps you wired and buzzing. The Sun
Containing 11 recent, life-size portrait statues of physically deformed individuals, the show had New York critics buzzing for weeks.
Zagreb's elegant old town and buzzing nightlife are well worth jumping on a plane for. The Sun
The misty scene disappeared, I found out that I could breathe again, and my ears were buzzing like crazy.
The picture was so sharp I could see the flies buzzing around the animals.
St. Francis, however, was merely amused by what he called the buzzing of flies, and wrote to one in whom he could confide: The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales
Earlier this week, the work cafeteria was buzzing with the clamour of the morning rush.
Leaning against the wall she reached forward to pull the vertical blinds apart, her eyes perusing the gaudy blues, pinks and yellows of the buzzing neon signboards that seemed to reproduce overnight along the strip.
It is a new, all-on-one-level bingo hall full of people of all ages and buzzing with atmosphere, which we have lost here at the Rialto.
But strict attention has to be paid to swarm control to stop the bees ‘buzzing off’ and loss of the honey crop.
Birds are tweeting, bees are buzzing, dogs are scampering, everything is coming up daffodils and I went out without socks for the first time this year.
You could imagine bantamweights Martin ‘the Dynamo’ Cullen and Brendy Howlin buzzing around one another in a flurry of punches, some of them below the belt.
‘It would've taken a lot out of me if I'd lost, but I'm buzzing,’ said White.
Her head must be buzzing by now. Times, Sunday Times
There were shoals of blue-spine unicornfish, frogfish, lionfish, the buzzing bigeyes and the biggest pufferfish I had ever seen, content to lie on the coral rubble on the seabed.
Indeed, the only shop buzzing on a recent weekday morning was Oxfam. Times, Sunday Times
I'm still buzzing from that Challenge Cup (victory this year).
A visit to the buzzing town of Ibiza provides a nice contrast to the wholesome yoga scene.
The glass shut out most of the noise and left my ears buzzing again.
I went in August, temperatures were high, beachfronts were buzzing, but it was still possible to dine in the evening on the beach, to the restful lapping of Mediterranean waters.
The room was buzzing with activity.
When the light went on, a dozen or so large flies began buzzing around the room, which unsettled him.
I was buzzing to play and then everything went wrong.
Soon, the entire global telecommunications network is buzzing with Tonellis.
Among their green robes may be seen thousands of beautiful wild-flowers, -- the sweet-scented laurustinus, all sorts of running vetches and wild sweet-pea, the delicate vases of dewy morning-glories, clusters of eglantine or sweetbrier roses, fragrant acacia-blossoms covered with bees and buzzing flies, the gold of glowing gorses, and scores of purple and yellow flowers, of which I know not the names. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860
Two of its high-profile New York debuts -- High Line park, built atop an old rail line, and Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall -- kept even the most highfalutin tastemakers buzzing.
I came out buzzing, wishing I had the soundtrack to play in the car.
In the meantime, several distinctly unprosperous regions have reached the brink of total malarial collapse, virtually ruled by swarms of buzzing, flying syringes.
A bee came buzzing in under the roof.
It was so hot, and there was a mosquito buzzing around my head.
I discovered that buzzing flies sound like synths, and that you can make amazing rhythms using door handles. Times, Sunday Times
And as the empty tarmac streets melt in the midday sun, it appears only the flies are buzzing.
It is a cacophonous six-piece party-punk ensemble of buzzing (not sludgy) guitars, nasty (not nasally) vocals, washboards, bugles, and cowbells.
Rajinder Bhola's jewelry shop at the Gold Souk is buzzing with customers.
Blue orchard bees typically stay on the job despite weather that sends other bees buzzing back to their snug hives.
They get stuck in my teeth the same way, but they're crunchy and bitter with some kind of greenish guts inside, and the whole time I'm eating them they're buzzing and trying to jump out my mouth. Stinking nightgown
A fly was buzzing over my head ad kept settling on my face.
Stepping up from the smoky, buzzing pub that it sits atop, my friend Linda and I were immediately enveloped into a cosy, intimate space painted a deep royal blue and set off by the warm glow of mood lighting.
In addition, the park is buzzing with insect life and is regionally important for the high numbers of dragonflies and damselflies.
Austere surroundings and a humdrum card, but the country's – perhaps the world's – most famous jockey is buzzing. Frankie Dettori at Newmarket ready for the few that have got away
I crossed the threshold and re-entered the house, which was buzzing with undying activity.
I have been giving some thought as to how the annoying buzzing sound of model aircraft can be, to other listeners, a mere gentle drone?
Her mind was already buzzing: first a shower, then flatiron her hair, then clothes. Choker
The letter z, recalling the buzzing sound of snoring, is a natural evocator of punchiness. No Uncertain Terms
It would soon become the buzzing hub of the team too. Times, Sunday Times
Ten parties now have MPs and the country was buzzing with possible coalition permutations. Times, Sunday Times
Westminster was buzzing with anticipation today as MPs gathered for tonight's crucial vote.
The Bradford fighter is buzzing as he counts down the hours to the fight that will make or break his bid to crack boxing's elite.
The 241-pupil school is commended for ‘buzzing with purposeful activities and pupils showing a genuine love of learning’.
I've had a handful of beautiful conversations that left me feeling buzzingly alive. Lazarus Diary Entry
Beyond my kitchen's open windows were scarlet geraniums on the balcony; a background of pines, hemlocks and larches in the garden; blue sky; bees buzzing lazily among the flowers.
Oh, gross!" she said, looking at the flies buzzing above the piles of dirty plates.
Then there's the sound of buzzing: the rasp of a buzz-saw or scream of a power drill, perhaps.
All I heard constantly was the buzzing of mosquitoes and other pesky swamp varmints.
And, little by little, the utterly unprecedented thought began buzzing around my cortex, like a gnat in a jar.
They are buzzing about getting on stage here to show off their brilliant live show. The Sun
For three days and nights Florence will be buzzing with ideas and activity.
The slish of a line, the flutter of a fly dropping softly on the farther edge of the pool -- and then the shriek of your reel, buzzing up the quiet hillside, was answered by a loud snort, as the deer that lived there bounded away in alarm, calling her two fawns to follow. Wood Folk at School
He'd load up the plane with blocks of ice and cases of beer and then roar down the canyon at 150 miles an hour, buzzing the tops of the tamarisk trees and looking for his camps.
This time last year I was buzzing, and I'm not now.
A loud abrasive buzzing bellows from the nightstand and I raise my head, only to be blinded by the red light emanating from the small - in size, not volume - machine against a backdrop of pure blackness. Rebecca Taylor: Spiral Jetty: A Monument to Paradox & Transience
Looking straight down below, I saw the hotel's entryway buzzing with activity. The hotel was hosting a conference on Islamic unity, and the circular driveway was lined by the flags of 30 nations.
Among the 440 cable radio stations available to condo owners in one section of Osaka are those broadcasting traditional street vendor cries, buzzing cicadas and Buddhist sutras.
In the cool of the evening I made my way back to the Ramblas, and took up station among the buzzing crowds for the Giants' Parade.
Who will not say that the bee is more satisfied when he has found and drank of the honey than when he is buzzingly seeking it? Cosmic Consciousness
The helicopters have not yet taken off but there are a few drones already buzzing around. Times, Sunday Times
The smell of sausages sizzling, the taste of a chargrilled steak washed down with a cold beer, the sound of mozzies buzzing and cicadas singing.
The drama of the event had the staffers buzzing but drew shrugs from the children.
True, there was a little stir -- a little abiding of shepherds in the fields, keeping watch over their flocks by night -- a little buzzing in knots of men waiting to be hired before the daybreak -- a little stealthy movement as of a burglar or two here and there -- an inchoation of life. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
Huge numbers of the fierce some looking insects are buzzing around the headquarters here in D.C. Experts say this particular breed is called the cicada killer wasp. CNN Transcript Jul 13, 2007
Around three months later the grapevine was buzzing with the news that Leanne was pregnant.
Among their green robes may be seen thousands of beautiful wild-flowers, -- the sweet-scented laurustinus, all sorts of running vetches and wild sweet-pea, the delicate vases of dewy morning-glories, clusters of eglantine or sweetbrier roses, fragrant acacia-blossoms covered with bees and buzzing flies, the gold of glowing gorses, and scores of purple and yellow flowers, of which I know not the names. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860

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