drone
noun
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
was droning
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past progressiveof drone.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Kobe had received a recruiting letter from Dean Smith and had been so thrilled — Dean Smith! — that he had opened the envelope in English class while his teacher was droning on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2022
Biden several times halted his train of thought, saying that he was droning on too long or didn’t want to bore his audience.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2021
Reality was droning on as usual, with impartial sunlight streaming through a nearby window and picking out swirls of dust motes.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 16, 2019
While Bezos was droning on, a protester jumped on the stage, shouting something about chickens and terrible conditions on industrial farms.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 10, 2019
Hob’s line pointed down what seemed to be a succession of glades, shady and murmuring places in which the wild thyme was droning with bees.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
