intoned; intoning
: to utter in musical or prolonged tones : recite in singing tones or in a monotone
: to utter something in singing tones or in monotone
intoner
noun
Examples of intone in a Sentence
“Coming soon to a theater near you,” the announcer intoned.
“The day is begun,” the narrator intoned
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My hope was that merely intoning these titles would send Mr. V. to sleep.
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Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
The very same hour about which old Winston Churchill had once intoned in World War II.
—TIME, 2 Mar. 2024
For congregants, the holy text is not the Bible, but rather A Love Supreme, Coltrane’s 1965 album, considered by some to be his masterwork, which includes audio of Coltrane intoning a prayer.
—Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
In this way more than a year passed since the wedding, and still nothing doing, as the neighborhood chorus intoned.
—Tova Reich, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
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Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
The very same hour about which old Winston Churchill had once intoned in World War II.
—TIME, 2 Mar. 2024
For congregants, the holy text is not the Bible, but rather A Love Supreme, Coltrane’s 1965 album, considered by some to be his masterwork, which includes audio of Coltrane intoning a prayer.
—Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
In this way more than a year passed since the wedding, and still nothing doing, as the neighborhood chorus intoned.
—Tova Reich, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
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“Intone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intone. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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