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
The actors intone and belt out slogans from the 19th-century text while Nackt and a drummer accompany them with a wild, mostly electronic score.
From New York 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
When religious schools compete, he has listened as coaches intone team prayers before and after a game.
From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
