beep

Drake’s bid to soundtrack the warm weather months is “Janice,” which incorporates a bizarre vocal modulation that makes the simple refrain—“beep beep baby”—strangely addictive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

And, I promise, if the apocalypse actually comes, you can still beep me.”

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026

"I sit in my lane and I'm frozen, totally petrified. I can't overtake and because you don't overtake, people start to beep at you and that drives me into more of a frenzy," she says.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025

Now the vehicles only beep when there is someone or an object behind them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

Mercifully, a beep rang out from above, allowing me to scamper off to biology class.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green

Love’s monologue is interrupted momentarily by beeps from his car and he says, “I’m in my new McLaren and it’s just real touch-and-go.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

The registers hum with a steady din of beeps and automated “please begin scanning” messages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Working with bio-acousticians who measure hearing in animals, she developed a soundtrack of pulses and beeps to play to anaesthetised hedgehogs from a rescue centre.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

I don’t answer it, but a moment later it beeps to alert me that there’s a text.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

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 during mealtimes, when Bach gave his food to fellow detainees because eating without insulin could cause his blood glucose level to spike to dangerous levels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024

Monitors beeped; Shakira played on the sound system.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2023

The microwave had just beeped when the lights went out, and the music disappeared.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

For years, the cacophony of beeping and buzzing has been not only annoying—preventing patients from getting much needed rest—but potentially hazardous as overwhelmed healthcare professionals tune them out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The hat-topped cars are now a fixture in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and even sparked a beeping backlash in Santa Monica.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 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

She bursts through the door ahead of me and goes to check the beeping monitor.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott