buzzed

past tense of buzz
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as in bursted
to be copiously supplied for months the area has been buzzing with rumors that a megacorporation plans to locate its headquarters here

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Recent Examples of buzzed The air buzzed with laughter, connection, and anticipation. Essence, 20 Oct. 2025 Each week, social media has buzzed with his latest one-handed reception or shape-shifting juke. Noah White, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025 Doors being locked and customers needing to be buzzed in. Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025 But even as the house buzzed with happiness, Shannel was battling a nagging headache. Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025 The story was about a woman in Tennessee giving birth to a 13-pound baby, and the five comedians buzzed in to toss off rapid-fire punchlines. Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025 The building buzzed with anticipation. Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 The move, which had been buzzed about in media and political circles for weeks, places Weiss at one of the top perches in the broadcast news business and will raise immediate questions about whether CBS’s coverage will move to the right. Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 6 Oct. 2025 When [ecologist Lars] Chittka gave bumblebees an extra jolt of sucrose, their favorite food, the bees buzzed with delight. Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buzzed
Verb
  • Coast Guard personnel told the driver to stop several times but the driver then allegedly put the truck in reverse and suddenly sped backward toward the Coast Guard security officials, DHS said on Friday.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Bill Pugliano | Getty Images Ford Motor sped past Wall Street’s expectations on both lines for the third quarter.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Offense has largely hummed when Bo Nix is decisive.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Lost in our mind frequency, which hummed loud now like a drone.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Messi picked up the ball from his compatriot Rodrigo De Paul in midfield and burst toward the backpedaling Nashville back line before slipping the ball outside to Luis Suárez.
    The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The areas facing the sun heat up fastest, and if there is a weaker area on the surface of the comet, sublimated gases under the surface can burst through — causing these sun-facing jets.
    Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door.
    Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Charlotte, which has rarely utilized tempo this season, hurried to the line, and Loftis fired a ball between two wideouts, both running curls.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The zip-up collar gives it a preppy-casual vibe that can be zipped down and layered with a necklace, or zipped up with leg-elongating flare jeans and sneakers.
    Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Even light, which zipped at breathtaking pace across the dark, took many human lifetimes to traverse a single galaxy.
    Angus Fletcher, Big Think, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Then, Olivia scurried off into an enclave off the side stage as Dylan and Daniella punched up into a high-octane, athletic routine.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Two small children scurried out behind her.
    Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • So far, the year has brimmed with new milestones.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Wind chimes rang out in the back yard, which brimmed with pointy succulents, low-lying shrubs, and a few small trees.
    Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Satuala raced 40 yards to the end zone.
    Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Bailey, with headphones on, listened as the spirit box raced through radio frequencies for answers to questions the guests asked.
    Jim Beaugez, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Buzzed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buzzed. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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