droned

Example Sentences

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That excitement was not evident inside the grand ballroom at the JW Marriott in Houston Sunday, as Harbaugh droned on about nature documentaries he shows his team on the day of a game.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2024

Footage posted by Sam Yebri, a former City Council candidate, showed smoke billowing in the street as people yelled and a siren droned.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2023

“We don’t need no education/We don’t need no thought control,” droned the singer with a slight German accent.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2023

As the land war droned on, the power of the submarine was being starkly demonstrated on the high seas.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Off in the distance, the Hindenburg, trailing an Olympic flag, droned over central Berlin in a lazy loop, then turned and slowly began to approach the stadium.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown