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- noun Plural form of
droner .
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Examples
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Those who successfully navigate Ranger School become expert “droners.”
Hope Unseen Captain Scott M. Smiley 2010
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Those who successfully navigate Ranger School become expert “droners.”
Hope Unseen Captain Scott M. Smiley 2010
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But two things stood out: in an almost empty restaurant, they seated us right next to two other people, both of whom were droners struggling to make conversation; 2.
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Sounded just like church to me: monotone droning of words most of the droners have probably already forgotten the meaning of.
Spark: Advice on Choosing Doomsday Cults | Mind on Fire 2008
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While the dapplegray dawn drags nearing nigh for to wake all droners that drowse in Dublin.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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To the thousand and one droners about him, the law was a remunerative game in which one matched platitude with bromide, legal precedent of the State of Illinois with legal precedent of the State of Indiana; in which right and wrong were a shuffle of words and the wages of sin dependent upon the depth of a counselor's wits.
Erik Dorn Ben Hecht 1929
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On May 27, this bi-level haunt hosts an all-acoustic show featuring three prized exports of the fuzzy lo-fi scene; two garage-pop droners
The New Yorker newyorker.com 2011
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Youth's drummer, Steve Shelley who's been admirably productive during that band's recent hiatus, Spectre Folk is adept at spiralling through doleful psychedelic droners.
The New Yorker newyorker.com 2011
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That seems kind of evil: the carrier saddles us with those 15-second droners, and then makes us pay money to avoid them?
NYT > Technology By DAVID POGUE 2010
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That seems kind of evil: the carrier saddles us with those 15-second droners, and then makes us pay money to avoid them?
NYT > Technology By DAVID POGUE 2010
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