: 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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Social media was abuzz about it.
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Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 8 Dec. 2025
In 2000, the media world was abuzz after learning that Gehry had completed a sleek cafeteria for all Condé Nast staffers in the company’s Times Square headquarters.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 7 Dec. 2025
Our office was abuzz in July when the news of all this started to trickle out (with an Instagram stunt, no less—OV unfollowed everyone but Haney and wiped its grid clean).
—Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 5 Dec. 2025
Fans were abuzz last year with the secret menu item, specifically ordering a version of the drink by asking for particular additions of cold foam, syrups and toppings.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
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Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 8 Dec. 2025
In 2000, the media world was abuzz after learning that Gehry had completed a sleek cafeteria for all Condé Nast staffers in the company’s Times Square headquarters.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 7 Dec. 2025
Our office was abuzz in July when the news of all this started to trickle out (with an Instagram stunt, no less—OV unfollowed everyone but Haney and wiped its grid clean).
—Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 5 Dec. 2025
Fans were abuzz last year with the secret menu item, specifically ordering a version of the drink by asking for particular additions of cold foam, syrups and toppings.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 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 28 Dec. 2025.
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