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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

Akbar ceased performing the obligatory five prayers that Muslims must intone every day and began to worship “divine light.”

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

For the spiritual “There Is a Balm in Gilead,” Tines broke off to intone like a preacher an incident that had happened the night before as he left the park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2022

When I was growing up, my father — always eager to instruct his backward son — would regularly intone the phrase, “I shall pass this way but once.”

From Washington Post ● May 25, 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

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

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

Until then, let’s enjoy each week’s momentary rescue delivered whenever Cumming intones, “Players, the time for talk is over.”

From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026

“It is as if the demands of his spirit were too extreme for flesh and blood,” Ms. Marcus intones.

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

But just then the voice intones: “Ladies and Gentlemen, behold the god Hermaphroditus! Half woman, half man!”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

"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

When asked about immigration, she consistently intoned: “Our immigration system is broken.”

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 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

“Our patron saints and guardian angels, pray for us,” they intoned together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2025

Then he'd clear his throat and give a deeply intoned order, as though each syllable were pregnant with nuances of profoundly important meaning.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Pundits who failed to predict the operation in the first place gravely stroked their chins before intoning that the Venezuelan adventure must inevitably fail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 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

The intoning of memento mori seeds a joyful duty toward the pursuit of human longevity as an act of grateful humility before the wonder of life.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2023

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

The intoning went on, its bulk bloating and bloating so that Turner thought the very ceiling might be pushed up.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt