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Recent Examples of intone
Also still present: a recorded voice intoning a once-familiar message over a loudspeaker.
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Alena Botros, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
As a boxing match-style announcer intones some very iffy facts – 7’3 inches tall?
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
Valverde, who is Dudamel’s wife, intoned as might a magician.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
Smart intoned before a drill, not leaving his staff untouched.
—Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
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Alena Botros, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
As a boxing match-style announcer intones some very iffy facts – 7’3 inches tall?
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
Valverde, who is Dudamel’s wife, intoned as might a magician.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
Smart intoned before a drill, not leaving his staff untouched.
—Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intone
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The treatment rooms are large, with private bathrooms, and feature body rituals performed with essential oils, lavender and sweet orange, and an Ayurvedic soundtrack of Indian chanting capable of transporting you to another dimension like a mantra of pure well-being.—
Maddalena Fossati,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
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Dozens of students marched from their temporary classroom location at the University of Baltimore campus to Pearlstone Park, carrying signs and chanting along the way.—
Janay Reece,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Those artists largely sang their own songs, but certain lyrics and sounds took on a special resonance.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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Everyone here has taken a risk to come sing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Intone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intone. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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