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

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

A prayer was said, a hymn sung; Leah intoned a series of questions to begin their conversation with the dead.

From Literature

"Holiday let, second home, second home, holiday let, second home, holiday let," she intones.

From BBC

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

From Salon