beeping

present participle of beep

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for beeping
Verb
  • The crowd should be buzzing and the ball should be flying at Nippert Stadium.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The 48,000 Yankee faithful will be buzzing.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The coach came to Toronto normalizing the team’s defensive style, dialling things down from the activity that Nick Nurse demanded in his final years with the franchise.
    Eric Koreen, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Scammers often use auto-dialing software, blasting out thousands of calls a day.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Though there’s a long and understandable tradition of chefs phoning in the breakfast shift and focusing their energy on dinner, this year was dominated by restaurants approaching the morning meal with excitement and creativity.
    Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • But phoning in sick isn’t going to be an option.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Beeping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beeping. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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