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

In the border region of Belgorod, for example, at least one person was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on April 17, while another person was reported killed by a Ukrainian drone on the night of April 26. —David Brennan, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026

The New Jersey State Police recovered the drones on Monday, the agency said in a statement to Fox News Digital. —Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026

Hezbollah launched missiles and drones on Israel on March 2, in what the group said was revenge for Israel’s killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and for some 13,000 Israeli violations of the 2024 ceasefire. —Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026

Questions remain over whether the ceasefire can hold, however, with Israel and several Gulf countries already reporting incoming missiles and drones on Wednesday. —Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for drone on

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