He just drones on and on but hardly even touches on what we need to know for the test.
Source: tatoeba (40885)
Drones
//dɹəʊnz//
Synonyms for "drones" (272 found)
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contraltocornemusecoupon clipperscoursecycledaily rounddawdledelaydescantdescentdiddledingdongdoodlesackdrag alongdrag ondrone bassdroningendless beltendless roundeven pace
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even tenorfalsettofigured bassfilefiliationflywheel effectfoot-draggerfreeloadergabblegamutgibbergibberinggoldbrickgoof offgoof-offgradationground bassharpinghead voicehoneybeehornethumhumdrumidleidle richidlerindian fileinvariabilityjabberjibberjinglejingle-janglelaggardlallygaglazeleisure classlie-abedlinelineagelingererloafloaferloiterloitererlollloungelounge lizardlumpen proletariatmaundermaunderingmendicant
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Noun(12 words)
monologuemonotonousnessmonotonymoochermouthmouthingmumblemumblingmurmurmurmuringmusettemuttermutteringnear rhymenexusnonworkerorderlinesspanhandlerparasitepart
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pendulumperiodicitypersistpipespitter patterpitter-patterplain chantplain songplenumplodderpowder trainprevailprick songprocrastinatorprogressionpurrqueenqueen beequeueradio controlled aircraftrangerankrecurrenceregularityrentiersrepeated soundsrepetitiousnessrepetitivenessreticulationrhymerotationroundroutinerowrunrun throughsamelinesssamenessscalesequenceseriessingle filesingsongslant rhymesleepyheadslow goerslow-footslowbellyslowpokeslugsluggardsmoothnesssnailsobsopranosordellinaspeak incoherentlyspectrumspivsplutterspongersputterstale repetitionstick-in-the-mudstringstrumsuccessionsusurratesusurrationswathtediumtenorthe unemployablethe unemployedthorough bassthreadthrumtiertortoisetraintreadmilltrebletrotundersongundeviationundifferentiationunemployedunion pipesunnecessary repetitionunvariationvocevoce di pettovoce di testavoicevoice partwaspwhirwhisperwhisperingwhizwindrowworkeryellow jacket
Verb(1 words)
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Sample sentences
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Amazon wants to use drones to deliver packages.
Source: tatoeba (4954568)
France is training eagles to intercept drones.
Source: tatoeba (5894372)
Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory raced drones controlled by artificial intelligence (A.I.) against a professional human pilot.
Source: tatoeba (6478998)
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