drone on

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

There have been few significant changes since last year along the roughly 800-mile front line in eastern and southern Ukraine, where a huge number of drones on both sides limit movement. — Hanna Arhirova, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026

There have been few significant changes since last year along the roughly 1,250-kilometer (800-mile) front line in eastern and southern Ukraine, where a huge number of drones on both sides limit movement. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom said that a Ukrainian drone on Thursday hit a cooling tower of a reactor unit at the Kursk nuclear power plant, but the attack hasn’t posed any radiation threat and hasn’t affected its operation. — Samya Kullab, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026

Erin then complains about her daughter and drones on about all sorts of things that no one can even pretend to care about. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for drone on

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