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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

“Why is Black discourse always about precipitation,” they intone, “While ignoring the sweet scent of petrichor after rain.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 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

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

“It doesn’t matter. The question is moot,” Jackson intones, before launching into a miniature stump speech.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 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

"Carrageenan, riboflavin, monosodium glutamate and 20 others that I can’t pronounce," he said, as one of the "MAHA moms" gravely intoned, "that stuff's really bad."

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 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

"You knelt as boys," Bowen Marsh intoned solemnly.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Later, its soft intoning of “The world’s avenger is no more” embodied the mourning and loss of hope after the death of Hercules.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 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

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

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