intonation
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I found it easier to pronounce than I anticipated, but having the right intonation was where I relied on Hikari to correct me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
With one long, deep intonation, the man has stopped all time around them – freezing the water in place – a demonstration of unfathomable power.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2025
Earshot also analysed Sheikh Hasina's speech – the rhythm, intonation and breath sounds - and identified consistent noise floor levels, finding no evidence of synthetic artefacts in the audio.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025
But in the second version, the added focus, through intonation, implies that "toy" contrasts with the previously discussed "blicket."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
Every movement of her arms, intonation of her voice, and expression on her face would be seen by millions of people over and over again.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
The technology, he said, cannot not exactly capture a person’s speech patterns, intonations, facial tics and emotions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 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
It has Rosario intonations, it's something someone's grandmother might say.
From BBC ● May 29, 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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