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

Any images of graphic violence are forgone for droning, surrealist soundscapes that communicate the fear felt inside the boundaries of Nickel Academy just as effectively.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2024

Kids raised in interactive environments—with zappers, Nintendos, computers, sophisticated games—often struggle in environments where adults stand for hours droning at them.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz