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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

When religious schools compete, he has listened as coaches intone team prayers before and after a game.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2022

Padre de Jesus did not intone vague pronouncements and send me home with a pat on the head.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

“You have delighted us long enough,” Grant intones, repeating Austen’s famous line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

"Holiday let, second home, second home, holiday let, second home, holiday let," she intones.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

A singer intones a haunting melody—“It’s been a long time and still we are not free.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

“If you come just for the mozzarella sticks, like, I wouldn’t judge you,” one TikTokker intones in an April 2024 video that’s been viewed 6.5 million times.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2025

“As I explained in our last class, onions form the base of most Pakistani curries,” she intones like a college professor.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

"It's going to be he and I going to November," Bianco intoned at a recent televised debate, nodding towards Hilton.

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

“This is from the all-new Proxie, for her husband of 35 years, Eddie,” Angel Baby’s dulcet voice intoned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2025

“We need to change the conversation, because so many people see things on television that aren’t necessarily true,” he intoned gravely.

From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2025

He was joined on stage by the song's producer, Mustard, who clutched a football while sporting the world's baggiest jeans - before Lamar pointed an imaginary remote control at the camera and intoned, "Game Over".

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2025

“It is called the Atlantic Ocean,” Aunt Fannie intoned, “and it is just at three thousand miles across.”

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

It was an unusual mission for Avraamiy, whose days are usually filled with intoning prayers, counseling his flock and leading the clergymen from the Orthodox Church of Ukraine at the monastery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

If You're Glad I'll Be Frank imagined the speaking clock as a real woman speaking live, her internal monologue utterly at odds with the deadening repetitiveness of endlessly intoning "at the third stroke..."

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

This weekend’s “S.N.L.” broadcast, hosted by Michael B. Jordan and featuring the musical guest Lil Baby, began with a dramatic voice-over intoning, “Criminals beware. There’s a new sheriff in town, and he means business.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2023

In the background came a bubbly '70s voice, intoning catchy lyrics: "This old mop makes me shake; that old vacuum makes me ache; this old rag draa-aaa-aaags me down."

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2022

The warden said this with no joy, as if he were intoning a death sentence.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman