drone on

phrasal 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.

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Another Ukrainian drone on Sunday targeted a drone factory in Izhevsk, deep inside Russia, according to anti-Kremlin Russian news channels on the Telegram messaging app. —

Joanna Kozlowska, Chicago Tribune, 17 Nov. 2024 Get Citation Request Reprint Permissions Download Article On January 17, 2022, Houthi rebels in Yemen sent a group of armed drones on a journey of nearly 1,000 miles. —

Tom Donilon, Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2022 There seems to be no let up in Russia's use of drones on civilian targets. —

Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024 Russia escalated its drone assaults to unprecedented levels in September, when its forces launched a total of 1,339 Shahed-type drones on Ukraine, of which 1,107 were intercepted and another portion neutralized by electronic warfare systems. —

Katya Soldak, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for drone on