intone

Example Sentences

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Those are the first words of the military Oath of Enlistment—the words that new members of the military, with right hands raised, intone as they join the service.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“The answer is always yes,” she’d intone when I’d call.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2024

The actors intone and belt out slogans from the 19th-century text while Nackt and a drummer accompany them with a wild, mostly electronic score.

From New York Times • May 25, 2023

Akbar ceased performing the obligatory five prayers that Muslims must intone every day and began to worship “divine light.”

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Seven raised her hands, about to intone a spell that made shadows look like monstruos, when the cuco let out a piercing scream and spun around toward Seven.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega