intone

Example Sentences

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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

We watch them intone “The Lord’s Prayer” and “Hail Mary” in unison.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 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

“My boy,” he said, and then closed his eyes and began to intone a prayer or a psalm.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman