dronelike

In this work, the dronelike repetition of symmetrical sequences of chords attained a haunting and hypnotic power well attuned to the religio-spiritual themes of the libretto, adapted from the Hindu scripture the Bhagavadgt.

Five People Born on January 31 | myFiveBest 2010

As the Statist is building a culture of conformity and dependency, where the ideal citizen takes on dronelike qualities in service to the state, the individual must be drained of uniqueness and self-worth, and deterred from independent thought or behavior.

Liberty and Tyranny Mark R. Levin 2009

Hackberry could hear a dronelike whirring sound in his ears, one he associated with wind blowing out of a blue-black sky across miles of snowy hills and ice splintering under the weight of thousands of advancing Chinese infantry.

Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

Hackberry could hear a dronelike whirring sound in his ears, one he associated with wind blowing out of a blue-black sky across miles of snowy hills and ice splintering under the weight of thousands of advancing Chinese infantry.

Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

As the Statist is building a culture of conformity and dependency, where the ideal citizen takes on dronelike qualities in service to the state, the individual must be drained of uniqueness and self-worth, and deterred from independent thought or behavior.

Liberty and Tyranny Mark R. Levin 2009

Hackberry could hear a dronelike whirring sound in his ears, one he associated with wind blowing out of a blue-black sky across miles of snowy hills and ice splintering under the weight of thousands of advancing Chinese infantry.

Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

Jack is a Yuppie bored out of his wits by his dronelike existence.

Getting Ready To Rumble 2008

With each sounding, the group shuffled dronelike to the next station, where, with every ounce of concentration riveted to the questions on tagged structures, sixty seconds ticked incessantly away in their minds.

Body of Knowledge Steve Giegerich 2001

A trap which, far from confirming the individual's splendid isolation and independence, condemns the individual to a dronelike conformity of movement, or, as is increasingly the case, paralysis.

Gridlock Elton, Ben 1991

After a striking opening, the tape settled (not without lovely touches along the way) into a dronelike Eastern manner (a diatonic idiom does not preclude it) that has many devotees but is not, as I indicated, to my taste.

Griffes Disharmony Maisel, Edward 1985