Meaning & use
droned
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Spoke in a dull, monotonous tone for a long time; or made a continuous low humming sound.
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The professor droned on about tax law until half the class fell asleep.
A distant engine droned steadily through the still night air.
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Shares its root with the male honeybee, or 'drone', whose low, continuous hum inspired the figurative sense of tedious talk.
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