constant drone

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a drone sound that does not stop

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Examples (10)

  • The constant drone of the air conditioner made it hard to concentrate.
  • Living in the city, she had grown accustomed to the constant drone of traffic.
  • I nearly fell asleep listening to the professor's constant drone.
  • The factory workers wore ear protection against the constant drone of the machinery.
  • The constant drone of cicadas filled the hot summer afternoon.
  • In the quiet of the night, the constant drone of the refrigerator was the only sound.
  • We could hear the constant drone of the surveillance aircraft circling overhead.
  • He tried to ignore the constant drone of his neighbor's television through the thin walls.
  • For hours, the only interruption to the silence was the constant drone of the ship's engines.
  • The peaceful atmosphere was broken by the constant drone of a distant lawnmower.