intone

as in to chant
to utter in musical or drawn out tones "The day is begun," the narrator intoned

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Recent Examples of intone Things aren’t all dismal, as seemingly intoned by the punishing tribulations visited upon this caring couple in the first half of the story. Courtney Howard, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024 In that first movie, Pearl ominously intones that Maxine will grow up to be just like her. Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 July 2024 My hope was that merely intoning these titles would send Mr. V. to sleep. 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 See all Example Sentences for intone 

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“Intone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intone. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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