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intone

verb as in utter

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You know: I am to intone that these pundits think of Obama as an “uppity Negro.”

He shook his head knowingly, as if to intone the word ‘New York,’ were to intone a universal spirit of ‘anything goes’.

All four poets intone the strain, "Ye rocks and trees, guard the memory of our love."

If a student is unable to distinguish a correct intonation, his voice will not intone correctly.

It seemed quite out of keeping with his homely manner and crumpled surplice that this particular reader should intone.

Brahms permits the bassoon to intone the Fuchslied of the German students in his "Academic" overture.

Oh, never more for me shall winds intone With all your tops a vast antiphony, Demanding and responding in God's praise!

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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to intone, such as: articulate, chant, croon, recite, sing, and cant.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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