intoning

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Intoning lofty platitudes while importantly stroking his cotton-candy beard, Neeson is a figure of compromised majesty.

From Time • Mar. 29, 2012

Intoning them as he would intone a cathedral service, he shows how high is their aesthetic value.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William

Twelve stoled monks, Each with a torch, and pacing, two and two, Along the pillared nave, with crucifix Aloft, begin the supplicating chant, Intoning "Miserere Domine."

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George

Intoning the hymn sung at archiepiscopal consecrations, they tried to lead him to the altar.

From Hero Tales of the Far North by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)

Intoning, therefore, was to him a matter of psychic importance, and it was one summer evening, intoning, in the chancel, that he noticed suddenly certain very curious results.

From The Human Chord by Blackwood, Algernon