drone
noun
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
Example Sentences
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Whatever engine droning and snoozing you might remember from earlier CVT systems has been banished to the Phantom Zone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
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
We hear the muffled rumble of the front only as very distant thunder, bumblebees droning by quite drown it.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
