Droning

/ˈdɹəʊnɪŋ/

Synonyms for "droning" (58 found)

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buzzcontinuous buzzdroning lecturedroning narrationhumlecturelow hummappingmonologuemonotone lecturemurmursteady dronesurveillancetedious recitation

Collocations

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ceaseless droningconstant droningcontinuous droningcontinuous droning noisedroning background noisedroning humdroning lecturedroning noisedroning sounddroning voicemonotone droning hummonotonous droning

Inflections

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droneddronesdroningsmore droningmost droning

Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The droning synthesizers and muted percussion can feed a languid, dozy mood, or they can just seem self-indulgently boring, depending on the listener's mood and taste.

Source: tatoeba (8973357)

For a long while a man may hear the droning of little insects and yet not be aware that he hath heard them, so may the gods not hear our prayers at first until they have been very oft repeated.

Source: wiktionary

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