intone
Example Sentences
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A prayer was said, a hymn sung; Leah intoned a series of questions to begin their conversation with the dead.
From Literature
"Holiday let, second home, second home, holiday let, second home, holiday let," she intones.
From BBC
“It doesn’t matter. The question is moot,” Jackson intones, before launching into a miniature stump speech.
From Salon
“The past was a very brutal place,” he intoned solemnly.
From Literature
Nevertheless: “Once more you drown one of your own in the inky depths of democracy,” Cumming intones after Funches poignantly exits.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
