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Drone (Verb)

Talk in a monotonous voice.

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

The professor began to drone on about the intricacies of 19th-century literature, putting most of the class to sleep.
The tour guide droned on and on about the history of the building, causing many in the group to lose interest.
She started to drone during the presentation, repeating the same facts in a flat, unenthusiastic tone.
As the politician took the stage, his voice began to drone, turning what should have been an exciting speech into a snooze fest.
The teacher's monotonous voice began to drone, causing the students' eyes to glaze over in boredom.

Make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on".

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

The sound of the engine was droning in the background as I tried to sleep.
The air conditioning was droning on, providing a constant hum of noise in the room.
The chanting of the Buddhist monks was eerily beautiful, softly droning on in the background.
Outside, the engine of a distant truck was droning, reverberating through the still night air.
As he lay there, he could feel the reverberation of the construction equipment droning on in the distance.