drone on

phrasal verb

droned on; droning on; drones on

informal

: to speak for a long time in a dull voice without saying anything interesting

She had trouble keeping awake as he droned on about himself.

Examples of drone on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 71 Shahed and decoy drones on June 25, 2025. —Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025

Ukraine’s air force said Friday that Russia had launched 86 drones on Ukraine overnight. —Reuters, NBC news, 20 June 2025

In Operation Spiderweb, Ukraine smuggled attack drones on trucks with unwitting drivers deep inside of Russia, and then used artificial intelligence to simultaneously attack four military bases and destroy a significant number of strategic bombers, which are part of Russia’s nuclear triad. —Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 19 June 2025

Russia has launched waves of drones and missiles in recent days, with a record bombardment of almost 500 drones on Monday and a wave of 315 drones and seven missiles overnight on Tuesday. —Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025

Rhymes for drone on

• aileron
• antiphon
• autobahn
• carillon
• castellan
• celadon
• cephalon
• chitosan
• cynodon
• denouement
• deuteron
• echelon