beep
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The court heard the victim pulled over to collect eggs from a shop, but stopped his car suddenly when he heard a loud beep.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
At that point, sound effects beep to signal the start of a new game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
Voices echo through the vast, concrete space and a cacophony of drills and electric lifts beep, buzz and blare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2025
The funkiest thing a “radioactive shrimp” would do—that is, if you put a radiation sensor over such a crustacean, says Pillai—is beep.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2025
The thing he was fiddling with began to beep.
From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead
Tina Tallon, a professor of artificial intelligence and music composition at The Ohio State University, explains that a "click track" features clicks or beeps such as a metronome, or other cues to capture rhythm.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
My days are filled with the beeps and growls of bulldozers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025
At a stoplight, if there is a car ahead of me that starts to move, and I don’t, my car beeps twice and signals me on the display.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
Nearby, one of the thousands of buyers that flock to this market every day is negotiating a price to buy more than 100 robots that turn into cars in a series of beeps and buzzes.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2025
He rocks back and forth at a slow rhythm that fits in with the beeps, and opens his eyes about a quarter of the way every minute.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
Shortly afterwards, mobile phones beeped in unison as a missile alert came in and the wail of sirens started up.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
The craft beeped awake, arched its hawklike shoulders, and whined off into the valley.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2024
It beeped as Bach and others in his module repeatedly alerted deputies that the insulin pump was empty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024
Monitors beeped; Shakira played on the sound system.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2023
The phone beeped with every number James punched.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Tips for those feeling addicted to a beeping, chirping device.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The beeping of damaged cars and the crackle of downed electrical wires echoed through streets that were otherwise eerily quiet.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
The low hum of cars passing and horns beeping in the distance gives me a sense of safety; I’m never alone.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
The intense focus of the dozen people in the room radiates an aura of calm despite the cacophony of medical machinery beeping and pumping away.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
I would hear the truck beeping next door and I would remain on my white couch in my white room reading my brand-new books.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
