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
She came to know the other immigrant women housed in a large room lined with 54 beds and a television droning most waking hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025
"It is a very low humming, droning, pulsating noise. It's incredibly intrusive and distressing," she said.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025
Lynch follows Jack Nance’s Henry Spencer as he tries to care for his newborn child, while the droning industrial noise of Henry’s urban surroundings only magnifies his loneliness.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2025
Ghosts didn’t visit, but swarms of mosquitoes did, feasting on us and droning loudly in our ears.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
