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
Separated from their calves to produce milk, they intone musical verses about their motherly desperation.
From Los Angeles 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
We watch them intone “The Lord’s Prayer” and “Hail Mary” in unison.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022
She raised her wand and began to intone the sealing spell.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
