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  • past participle of drone.
  • past tense form of drone.

droned



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At one event, in which Oz was interviewed by Dean Cain, an actor who played Superman in a 1990s television show, about 50 people listened in as Oz droned on about an anti-fraud task force.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026

That light droned down on me for years as I moved from computer games to MySpace, illuminating whatever sins I was committing as a guinea pig in the days of early social media.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025

Canned music droned from the telephone as Jessica Sanchez waited, fidgeting and shifting her pregnant belly in her chair at the Santa Monica community health center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 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

The apple trees were coming into bloom but no bees droned among the blossoms, so there was no pollination and there would be no fruit.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson



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