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

As the lesson droned on, the huge, inevitable poster on the classroom wall gave the students something arcane to look at and study as an alternative to dozing off and getting a tongue-lashing and possibly a piece of chalk tossed at your head. —David Szondy august 27, New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025

Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces shot down 23 Ukrainian drones on Monday night and into Tuesday morning. —Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025

Rabine says the company has surveyed roughly 13,000 properties in 15 different countries and deploys drones on an annual basis for large customers that have hundreds or thousands of facilities. —Diana Olick, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025

Imagine two participants, silent while a debate drones on, making eye contact and rolling their eyes at the same time. —Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for drone on

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