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

A recent study found that the sheer number of cicadas droning around the many forests of the eastern United States will be a can’t-miss feeding frenzy for some 80 bird species.

From Salon • May 16, 2024

It was playing at a whisper, and I turned it a touch louder, hearing the Palace Bulletin replace the droning Chant or Lay that was being broadcast.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin