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intonation

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With one long, deep intonation, the man has stopped all time around them – freezing the water in place – a demonstration of unfathomable power.

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With its Baroque intonations, the piano interlude participates in establishing the track’s nostalgic undercurrents.

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Menacing intonations about an invasion that must be stopped at all costs.

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But the result was thin, devoid of intonation or personality, and it had an American lilt.

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Earshot also analysed Sheikh Hasina's speech – the rhythm, intonation and breath sounds - and identified consistent noise floor levels, finding no evidence of synthetic artefacts in the audio.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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