drone
noun
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
has droned
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present perfectof drone (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The field has droned the summer’s final mass;
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2017
The case has droned on fruitlessly since then; federal prosecutors have been forced to sift through 27 million documents provided by IBM in its defense.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, in the Atomic Age, the haggling has droned on through 14 years to no avail.
From Time Magazine Archive
An hour has droned its flight since first the war began.
From The Battle of Gettysburg by Frank Aretas Haskell
It has droned and shrilled wellnigh a fortnight, before we can decide, this shrillness getting ever shriller, That on Wednesday 26th of December, Louis shall appear, and plead.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
