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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

“I am a voyager upon the planet,” I often intone to myself, as if I were a character in a science fiction epic and not just a guy walking to the bus stop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2024

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

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 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

Seven raised her hands, about to intone a spell that made shadows look like monstruos, when the cuco let out a piercing scream and spun around toward Seven.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

“You have delighted us long enough,” Grant intones, repeating Austen’s famous line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 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

“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

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

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

“We need to change the conversation, because so many people see things on television that aren’t necessarily true,” he intoned gravely.

From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2025

“Steady,” Rhonda intoned again, just loud enough for the children to hear.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

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

Mr. Roet, who survived the Holocaust by hiding in a Dutch village, came up with the simple but powerful idea of memorializing Jewish victims of the Nazis by intoning their names.

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

The Gran finished what she had begun, intoning, “Sapo!” and issuing one final devastating blow to the three imposter Uncles.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega