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

Dillon also mocked his critics during the episode, impersonating them in a droning voice: “They don’t believe in anything, these people.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025

If you think legislative sausage-making is tedious now, imagine this: a bunch of blowhards on the Senate floor, droning on and on, endlessly debating the chamber’s rules.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025

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

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

I was trying to rewrap my hands so I could go back to work when I heard a low droning sound.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls