droning

Example Sentences

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“At any given point, the pike was a symphony of spinning wheels, creaking cabs, clopping hooves, and droning livestock,” Mr. Crytzer writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 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

After an hour or so I heard a droning sound high above me.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell