intonate

Example Sentences

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Solomon said in a singsong, the way people intonate when they are not quite convinced of what they are saying.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2022

They have this way they intonate their words.

From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2010

The motor ideas with which the speech movement has to start are cut off and the subject yields passively to the fate that he cannot intonate his voice.

From Psychotherapy by Münsterberg, Hugo

Why did he not take up his last words, "Live in peace," and intonate the blessing?

From An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story by Soissons, C. S. de

"Ole Billie Bawlie" found as Number 4 was a little song which was used to deride men who had little ability musically to intonate "calls" and "sponses."

From Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study by Talley, Thomas Washington