droning

Example Sentences

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An audio reader daren’t go flat, for fear of droning on and boring the listener, but as this audiobook shows, excessive buoyancy also carries a risk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 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

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

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

It’s not “Stayin’ Alive” throbbing but a Gibbsian falsetto droning, “Get on down.”

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2024

The young woman who seemed to be in charge interrupted the secretary’s droning.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson