noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
press
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He pressed the buzzer to be let out.
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I gingerly pressed the buzzer , embarrassed.
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I pressed the buzzer , pressed both buzzers, pressed all the buzzers for the entire building-complex in desperation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The buzzer sounded for the end of the quarter.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Each game she questions her ability anew, as if the starting buzzer erased all her past accomplishments.
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Finally they rang the bell of the Frasers' flat, and after a moment the buzzer went.
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I gingerly pressed the buzzer , embarrassed.
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In the vestibule, I scanned the column of buzzers while she fumbled in her purse for her keys.
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The buzzer on his intercom interrupted his thoughts.
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They went into the lobby where the doorman, inordinately well-dressed to be pushing buzzers, gave I0C a sharp blast.
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When the buzzer on the wall sounded she jumped, striking a wrong key.
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When the buzzer went on his new chrome and ash desk, he jumped.