: filled or resounding with or as if with a buzzing sound
a lake abuzz with outboards
especially
: filled with talk or excitement
an office abuzz with rumors
a town abuzz with anticipation of the big game
Examples of abuzz in a Sentence
the classroom was abuzz with preparations for that evening's open house for the parents
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Around them, the Billie Jean King Tennis Center was abuzz, while its two grandest arenas lay silent.
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Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
The picturesque front porches that define the town are abuzz with energetic cottagers who punctuate their days with cooking lessons, nature walks, yoga, professorial lectures, music and plays.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
Social media is currently abuzz with new images of what appears to be a new Chinese drone.
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The printing presses ran through the night, and the complex was abuzz at all hours.
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Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
The picturesque front porches that define the town are abuzz with energetic cottagers who punctuate their days with cooking lessons, nature walks, yoga, professorial lectures, music and plays.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
Social media is currently abuzz with new images of what appears to be a new Chinese drone.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2025
The printing presses ran through the night, and the complex was abuzz at all hours.
—Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for abuzz
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“Abuzz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abuzz. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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