intone

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

Separated from their calves to produce milk, they intone musical verses about their motherly desperation.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2023

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

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

“Evermore,” the copy of the bust of Poe would intone, before asking after the original plaster statue of his head.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 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

“With God’s help, Camp Mystic is emerging from this storm and moving forward,” a narrator intones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

"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

“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

“As I explained in our last class, onions form the base of most Pakistani curries,” she intones like a college professor.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

"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

Carney’s affectionate salute to the local hero had one line that tickled the crowd — “As Uncle Buck said,” the PM intoned with tongue-in-cheek gravitas — and pointed political jabs that got people clapping.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025

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

“Children,” Michelangelo intoned, “may I introduce Miriam, wife of the great rabbi?”

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

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

“Bastards” features Kristofferson’s voice at the end, intoning the line, and is the reason for his co-writing credit, given with permission from his widow.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2025

He invokes family and faith, joined by Michael Stipe from R.E.M. intoning, “Oh me, oh my”; it’s thick with atmosphere and memory, offering no conclusions.

From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2023

Books were now for reading and understanding, not intoning.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author