droned

verb

past tense of drone
1
as in hummed
to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound the sound of droning bees all around us

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2
as in lounged
to spend time doing nothing instead of getting a job, he preferred to drone and live off his parents

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Recent Examples of droned Helicopters roar overhead, reminding me that last week people were worried the Oscars were going to get droned. — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026 Temperatures rose above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, air conditioners droned, and power cuts followed. — Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for droned
  1. hummed
  2. lounged
  3. buzzed
  4. idled
  5. zipped
  6. strolled
  7. lazed
  8. played
Verb
  • Construction has hummed along at the store site, and the warehouse has started to take shape in recent weeks.
    — Nathan Pilling July 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
  • Experiments were running, discoveries being made, and conferences hummed with new ideas.
    — Florencia Canelli, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
Definition of hummed
Verb
  • In the living room, a tabby cat with a clipped ear lounged on a velvet couch, her front paws propping open an illustrated catalogue of military aircraft.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • The couple giggled between kisses and lounged on a red-and-white picnic blanket while overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
Definition of lounged
Verb
  • In the 1970s and 80s, dirt bikes buzzed around its fragile landscape, creating erosion and noise.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
  • Giovanna Mantilla was in a meeting in late April when her smartwatch buzzed with the kind of notification that usually makes a small-business owner smile.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
Definition of buzzed
Verb
  • The show’s characters idled away their time watching programs like Years of Our Days to Live.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • In fact, Airbus was collecting orders and making deliveries while Boeing idled due to the bans and delays imposed by the CAAC.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 14 May 2026
Definition of idled
Verb
  • This El Nino, which formed only last month, already zipped past the weak stage and is now considered moderate with no indications of slowing its strengthening, the government forecast said.
    — Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 9 July 2026
  • In the fourth minute, striker Kylian Mbappé just missed putting Les Bleus up early with a shot that zipped by the left post.
    — Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 9 July 2026
Definition of zipped
Verb
  • Cubans strolled along el Paseo del Prado promenade in the inky night, desperate to escape the stifling heat of their homes.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • More recently, Amal Clooney strolled through the South of France hand-in-hand with husband George in a black micro-mini with shorts peeking out underneath.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 4 July 2026
Definition of strolled
Verb
  • The pigs that would soon enough become lunch lazed in the compost-pile mud in front of a five-star-hotel-worthy view of the Cretan Sea.
    — Shannon McMahon, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2026
  • Further on, sandy-colored cows lazed in the mid-morning sun.
    — Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Definition of lazed
Verb
  • Kelce played a bully of a restaurant manager who fires a busboy (played by Bad Bunny).
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • She has been featured in various TV shows, including an English show called Upstairs, Downstairs (1971), and played Desdemona in Broadway’s Othello before retiring in the early 1980s, per the Walt Disney Archives.
    — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
Definition of played

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