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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

Separated from their calves to produce milk, they intone musical verses about their motherly desperation.

From Los Angeles 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

Every year, the same droll history class on the first day of school — the Belarusian flag is red and green, the president is Lukashenko, they would intone.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2022

Seven raised her hands, about to intone a spell that made shadows look like monstruos, when the cuco let out a piercing scream and spun around toward Seven.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

“You have delighted us long enough,” Grant intones, repeating Austen’s famous line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

“With God’s help, Camp Mystic is emerging from this storm and moving forward,” a narrator intones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

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

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

Nevertheless: “Once more you drown one of your own in the inky depths of democracy,” Cumming intones after Funches poignantly exits.

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026

"It is both a time for repentance and a time for thanks," intones the mayor.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

"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

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

After watching him swat an RBI single during his fifth win, Scully famously intoned, “I swear Fernando, you are too much in any language.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2024

“Time for Kamala Harris to face some real scrutiny,” intoned The Telegraph.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2024

Then he'd clear his throat and give a deeply intoned order, as though each syllable were pregnant with nuances of profoundly important meaning.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

It was an unusual mission for Avraamiy, whose days are usually filled with intoning prayers, counseling his flock and leading the clergymen from the Orthodox Church of Ukraine at the monastery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 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

“Bastards” features Kristofferson’s voice at the end, intoning the line, and is the reason for his co-writing credit, given with permission from his widow.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2025

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 warden said this with no joy, as if he were intoning a death sentence.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman