How to Use drone on in a Sentence

drone on

verb
  • This is the best drone on the market, bar none.
    — Alexander Cox, Space.com, 2 Dec. 2025
  • As for the West, the record heat will drone on and on for days well into next week.
    — Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Lukashevych said both drones on display had been tested in battle.
    — Anastasiia Malenko, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Wright’s keys drone on like a bumblebee throughout the former.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Neusch detonated the two drop-drones on the balcony.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026
  • Ladis secretly took his drone on a family sunset walk and asked to take a photo.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
  • This is because a large bird looks similar to a drone on radar, so there is a risk an interceptor drone will be sent to down it.
    — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Jordan reported shooting down a drone on Wednesday.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 20 May 2026
  • The drones’ downing comes after the US struck down four other attack drones on Friday.
    — Dalia Abdelwahab, CNN Money, 7 June 2026
  • The Shahed drone on March 2 caused minor damage to a hangar at the British base at Akrotiri in Cyprus.
    — Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Iran has unleashed its Shahed drones on Gulf neighbors since hostilities began.
    — Chris Boccia, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • It was last attacked by Ukrainian drones on June 16, catching fire, but officials said the blaze was swiftly put out.
    — CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • This system targets around 150 kW and can destroy up to 200 drones on a single battery charge.
    — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Even some of its adherents were surprised Monday when the group launched a barrage of rockets and drones on Israeli positions across the border.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • American officials and business leaders have long known about Ukraine’s ability to shoot down Iranian drones on the cheap.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
  • After all, Russia launched 131 drones on Christmas at Kyiv and other cities, killing seven civilians.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Two days later, Hezbollah retaliated by launching rockets and drones on Israel.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Save $500 on the DJI Mavic 4 Pro, the best drone on the market at its lowest-ever price.
    — Alexander Cox, Space.com, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Lockheed Martin unveiled a new kind of naval drone on February 9, designed to quietly ride into battle rather than sprint there on its own power.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
  • There’s no connection between the two states, and clearly Purnell is trying to avoid the conventional documentary method of talking heads droning on.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
  • But that sequence is surrounded by seemingly endless scenes of Laughton droning on about dull business that effectively have no impact on the plot, mood, characters, or themes.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Bahrain’s military intercepted two missiles and a drone on Saturday, the Defense Ministry said.
    — ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • From the agency’s command post five stories beneath a high-rise in Kyiv, the general and several of his comrades, including Fedorov, monitored the launch of the naval drones on a bank of screens.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Zelenskyy offered a pause in attacks on facilities and an Easter ceasefire; Russia launched 172 drones on Ukraine overnight.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • For details on the DLR's work on rovers, crawlers & drones on Mars — the Valles Marineris Explorer project, visit the project's website.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 31 May 2026
  • Air defense systems in the United Arab Emirates also engaged with incoming missiles and drones on Tuesday, authorities said.
    — Npr Staff, NPR, 7 Apr. 2026
  • An aircraft hangar at one of the bases, RAF Akrotiri, was hit by a Shahed drone on March 2 that Cypriot officials said was launched from Lebanon.
    — ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • In April the army slung a succession of drones on the city of Nyala in the state of South Darfur, the seat of power of the RSF’s parallel government.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
  • And Iran has fired missiles and drones on Jordan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, nations that also are World Cup participants.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • Kuwait reports an attack Kuwait announced that its air-defense systems intercepted incoming missiles and drones on Thursday, without detailing what had been targeted.
    — Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026

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