drone meaning:
n.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee.
n.)an aircraft or other similar unmanned device
n.) One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard.
n.) A humming or deep murmuring sound.
v.) To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound.
v.) To love in idleness; to do nothing.
drone sentence:
The drone strikes killed 16 suspected militants.
Drones do not collect pollen unlike the worker bees.
He doesn’t work and lives as a drone.
The air conditioner droned almost inaudibly.
Tom is a worker bee, not a drone.
Insects droned in the hot stillness.
I try to avoid droning jazz pieces near him.
There were cars and aeroplanes droning around.
I hope I have not droned on and on too much.
The Englishman’s voice droned on.
The image was taken using a remote controlled drone.
It is noisy with a subdued guitar droned ambience.
The planes flew overhead with a low drone.
She was labeled a welfare drone.
The minister’s voice was a relentless drone.
Sitting in a room listening to someone else drone on and on will just send you snoozing.
Daniel just drones on about American policy.
The queen bee is likely to mate with two or three drones.
An airplane droned overhead.
Aunt Maimie’s voice droned on.
The meeting droned on for hours.
The chairman droned on for hours.
An airplane droned in the background.
The flat, unemotional voice droned on.
The windscreen wipers droned on and on.
She droned on for hours about her family history.
She droned away for hours about her pet subjects.
Halsey droned on, describing every bet he had made.
Above him an invisible plane droned through the night sky.
He listened, only half awake, as the teacher’s voice droned on.
She droned on for hours about the uses of the present tense.
Tom was droning on and on about work.
He was droning on about his operation.
Everybody at the meeting is a droning pedant.
I nearly fell asleep while he was droning on!
I’d almost fallen asleep while Uncle Hamish had been droning on.
Georgian forces used helicopters and aerial drones.
China has sent drones to fly near the islands.
Some argue that drones are highly effective tools in conflict situations.