buzzer

Example Sentences

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The choir won the public vote in Saturday's semi-final, singing Pompeii by Bastille, and will perform in the final alongside golden buzzer winner Celestial and teenager Rafferty Coope, from Hampshire.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

And about that three-point game: If it were made today, West’s ludicrous, better-than-half-court shot at the buzzer in the third game of the 1970 finals would simply win the contest, not send it into overtime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

“Oh my gosh,” said weeping star Lauren Betts after the final buzzer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

By the final buzzer, it was a full-blown party.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Then I heard what sounded like a buzzer going off somewhere far away, and suddenly it occurred to me what was happening.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs