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droning::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | drone, monotone |
| Type of | intonation, modulation, pitch contour |
| Derivation | drone |
Examples of droning
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Some blame the Car of Tomorrow and the droning boredom of Fontana's early races.
From the ocregister.com
The republicans keep droning on about how the American people don't want this.
From the ocregister.com
Droning on and on about the amazing time you had and she'll think you're desperate.
From the him.uk.msn.com
In place of vision and placating empathy, he seems to offer only droning iterations.
From the economist.com
Nearby, skateboarders swoop and spin, their boards'hard wheels droning on the ramps.
From the news-journalonline.com
When I am in an essentially silent place I can hear a very faint droning or hissing.
From the newscientist.com
Very good indeed and a world away from the tuneless droning of Zola Jesus.
From the guardian.co.uk
The cast of The Archers are still droning on about Gardeners'Question Time.
From the independent.co.uk
But even this thread does not spare the novel a droning, episodic quality.
From the economist.com
- Make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on"
- Stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
- Monotone: an unchanging intonation
- Talk in a monotonous voice
- Dawdler: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- An aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
- An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV; also known as a remotely piloted vehicle or RPV, or Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)) is an aircraft that flies without a human crew on board the aircraft. Their largest uses are in military applications. ...
- Drones are male honey bees. They develop from eggs that have not been fertilized, and they cannot sting, since the worker bee's stinger is a modified ovipositor (an egg laying organ).
- In music, a drone is a harmonic or monophonic effect or accompaniment where a note or chord is continuously sounded throughout most or all of a piece. The word drone is also used to refer to any part of a musical instrument that is just used to produce such an effect.
