Word: buzzes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...looked about and saw many familiar faces, heard snatches of old familiar stories. The conversation was general, but occasionally a voice would rise above the buzz of chatter...
...when they went to look, there was the fact staring them in the face. The London Times got hold of the story, started a restoration fund that netted ?33,000 in three days. In Park Lane, in Mile End Road, in Billingsgate, in the counties, what a buzz. "Falling down . . . ," people said amazed. "Falling down . . .," they said ominously. "St. Paul's Cathedral is falling down...
Inquiring reporters always buzz around the White House after Cabinet news. Their job is to ask all the questions they can think of in the hope of somehow getting an answer that is really news. In this way, in the course of time, about all possible questions are asked and some of them are answered. In that way it happed that last week a reporter asked: "Will General Dawes, as Vice President, attend Cabinet meetings ?" The answer was: "No; at least, last August, when he dropped in at Plymouth, Vermont, to see the President, he said he didn...
...crowd gathered. An occasional ear was strained to catch the excellences of an unexpected technique. For two hours the crowd stood, respectfully attentive to the program of classical favorites-Schumann's Traumerei, the prison scene from Trovatore, the Intermezzo from Cavalleria. Then the violin was silent again. A buzz of surprised admiration from the gathered audience; a collection on the spot netted more than $50 for the sightless wanderer with the magic gift...
...first time that these two teams had opposed each other in scrimmage and the 32 minutes of actual playing time were full of action. In spite of the stubborn defense of the second team, the regulars finally emerged on the long end of a 13 to 0 score, Captain "Buzz" Stout and Caldwell carrying the ball across for two touchdowns...