intonate

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Solomon said in a singsong, the way people intonate when they are not quite convinced of what they are saying.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2022

They have this way they intonate their words.

From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2010

Of a truth, she had sworn never to actually speak again, but now it occurred to her that perhaps she might at least intonate.

From Si'Wren of the Patriarchs by Cheney, Roland Jon

It was the singer's duty to intonate it.

From An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story by Soissons, C. S. de

"Nevertheless," observed Darby, with an air of ill-dissembled condescension, "if it isn't umbrageous to your honor, I 'll intonate something in the way of an ode or a canticle."

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James