intonation
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The phrase was based off his uncle, he said in a 2008 interview, and he had also said it in the same intonation in other films before debuting on HBO's The Wire.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
In “Quisiera Saber,” Rubio beckons to someone she desires but cannot have in a dreamy intonation, channeling Lana del Rey and backed by percussion and strings reserved for boleros romanticos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025
He tried to focus on his mannerisms, on the intonation of his voice.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
But in the second version, the added focus, through intonation, implies that "toy" contrasts with the previously discussed "blicket."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
What’s left after content-filtering is a kind of garble that preserves intonation, pitch, and rhythm but erases content.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
And then there’s the title track, with its Hank Williams intonations.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
His personality is conveyed through the different intonations in which he delivers his name.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2024
Birds squawked in weird intonations, a few stars dotted a purplish sky, and the temperature felt like it dropped several degrees.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 4, 2024
It's now possible for AI to take three seconds of human speech and then hold forth at length with its same patterns and intonations in an exact mimicry.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2023
The smell of incense and lilies, the candles lit for loved ones passed away, the throaty intonations of the priest, and the majestic trumpeting of the organ.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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