droning

Example Sentences

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The little wagon retains the flat-four’s characteristic droning when it revs out, as when merging with highway traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

"It is a very low humming, droning, pulsating noise. It's incredibly intrusive and distressing," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

He is so incredible with Trane, but he has this droning depth of this like voodoo trance that he gets into on the bass.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

A recent study found that the sheer number of cicadas droning around the many forests of the eastern United States will be a can’t-miss feeding frenzy for some 80 bird species.

From Salon • May 16, 2024

I could hear their blurred voices droning monotonously through the window.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles