: 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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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
From Friday to Sunday, Mylapore is abuzz.
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Agents and gallery owners are abuzz; Christophe wants Mihail to determine if the hype is real.
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
From Friday to Sunday, Mylapore is abuzz.
—Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Agents and gallery owners are abuzz; Christophe wants Mihail to determine if the hype is real.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
Resilience, faith in spite of hate Around midday on a Friday in December, the EPIC Masjid was abuzz.
—Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
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 12 Mar. 2026.
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