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Debate between the supporters of the two rival resolutions had droned on all week.

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The travelogue had droned on for 15 minutes when the analogy suddenly became unmistakable.

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At the annual banquet of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the President had droned through a prepared address renewing his plea for the enactment of price controls.

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The House had droned through a tedious day of picky objections to the agriculture appropriation bill.

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A few years ago, he thought, the sun had droned on with the days of the trial and the rare rain had been his only comfort.

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