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Definition of Droning

1. Noun. An unchanging intonation.

Definition of Droning

1. Verb. (present participle of drone) ¹

2. Noun. a dull humming ¹

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Definition of Droning

1. drone [v] - See also: drone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Droning

Literary usage of Droning

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Letters of Sarah Orne Jewett by Sarah Orne Jewett (1911)
"ness,. the greenness, the birds that sing and the droning bells. Well, when you wish to give me a happy ..."

2. The History of Herodotus: A New English Version by Herodotus (1875)
"They give a religious reason for the peculiarities of the image. very common instrument with the Greeks, and its noisy and droning tones are still kept up ..."

3. Personal Recollections of Werner Von Siemens by Werner von Siemens (1893)
"... Ban and taken prisoner and was according to rumour being badly treated by the Danes along with the other captives on board the war-ship "droning Maria". ..."

4. Women, Etc.: Some Leaves from an Editor's Diary by George Brinton McClellan Harvey (1908)
"A droning Young Socialist "WHY I am a Socialist" is an ancient title, under which many men, and women, too, of diverse minds have undertaken to enlighten ..."

5. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"(continual) playing on a barrel organ, &c.; 2. drawling, droning. ©elei'fe, (ttr.) n. vid. ... droning ..."

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