intonation

Example Sentences

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Scattered through the weekend were some quirks — moments of uneasy intonation and tiny flaws, including a hiccup on the opening chord of the Bruckner symphony.

From New York Times

His sound was brighter on soprano, an instrument on which he left an incalculable influence; he could be inquisitive, teasing or elusive, but always with a pinpoint intonation and clarity of attack.

From New York Times

Some longer phrases are heavy lifting; the high notes are not all comfortable; and some of the intonation wavers in softer passages of Isolde’s Narrative and Curse.

From New York Times

“I hear the different intonation features. I hear the different pitch movements, and my brain assigns different meanings to those.”

From Los Angeles Times

Generation Z may think the sender made a conscious decision to use a period, and that its purpose may be to convey intonation, Verheijen added.

From Washington Post