intonation
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On the highlight “Waist Deep,” a piano-led pop number with a chord progression that recalls John Lennon’s “Watching the Wheels,” her intonation is simple and clear, content to let the melody do the emotional work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The phrase was based off his uncle, he said in a 2008 interview, and he had also said it in the same intonation in other films before debuting on HBO's The Wire.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
He tried to focus on his mannerisms, on the intonation of his voice.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
And then when I was singing, he took me through every intonation of how he heard it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024
“Hello,” she said, practicing her intonation, because tone was everything.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
Adult cats, specifically, rarely meow to one another, instead preferring other vocal intonations or facial signifiers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
His personality is conveyed through the different intonations in which he delivers his name.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2024
Birds squawked in weird intonations, a few stars dotted a purplish sky, and the temperature felt like it dropped several degrees.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 4, 2024
It's now possible for AI to take three seconds of human speech and then hold forth at length with its same patterns and intonations in an exact mimicry.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2023
Every night I’ve gone over it, again and again in bed, struggling to get the intonations right and strike the perfect nasal tone.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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