She droned on for hours about her family history.
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Droned
/dɹəʊnd/
Synonyms for "droned" (11 found)
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12 entriesbackground noiseconstant humcontinuous tonedroned commentarydroned lecturedroned narrationdroned ondroned tonedroned voicelow hummechanical dronemonotone voice
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For an hour he droned away upon his violin, endeavouring to soothe his own ruffled spirits.
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Finally it was Tom's turn at the counter. He put his errand on the table and fished around in his pocket, ready for the inevitable question. As soon as the cashier saw the beverages, he droned out the protocol "ID?", and Tom nervously flashed him his wallet, not daring to make eye contact. Inside it was his homemade driver's license, identifying him as 30 year-old John Jackson from Boston, Massachusetts.
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