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Recent Examples of intone
For more than a decade, Beijing’s nonstop intoning of the happy-sounding catchphrase — the foundational tenet of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s foreign policy — caused eyes to roll in Washington.
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Andy Browne, semafor.com, 19 May 2026
As the King intoned the details of Starmer’s legislative agenda, no one in the chamber really believed that the Prime Minister would be around to implement it.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
Of course, Callahan intones almost everything in an unsentimental baritone.
—David Harris, SPIN, 2 Mar. 2026
Eric-the-junkie had intoned to his even-then-passé parents, old-schoolers bent on building systems that would stick, that the monks were celebrating the ephemeral beauty of physical existence.
—Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
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Andy Browne, semafor.com, 19 May 2026
As the King intoned the details of Starmer’s legislative agenda, no one in the chamber really believed that the Prime Minister would be around to implement it.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
Of course, Callahan intones almost everything in an unsentimental baritone.
—David Harris, SPIN, 2 Mar. 2026
Eric-the-junkie had intoned to his even-then-passé parents, old-schoolers bent on building systems that would stick, that the monks were celebrating the ephemeral beauty of physical existence.
—Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intone
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On Monday, hundreds of youths marched to the gates of the air base, chanting anti-Ebola slogans.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
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On the lawn of Jim Gilliam Park on Saturday, supporters from across the city chanted Pratt’s name, took selfies in front of black campaign vans with his hummingbird logo and ate cookies decorated with his face as kids raced around on scooters and played with the handful of dogs attending.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Our mother, who had annoyed me deeply throughout most of my life, managed something so heroic that there should have been songs written about her to be sung around campfires by Girl Scouts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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The machine’s repertoire included answers to 12 riddles, passages from books, and laughing, crying and kissing sounds, as well as arias sung in both male and female voices—all feats that Edison’s phonograph would one day be able to accomplish by recording and playing back the human voice.—
Ron Cowen,
Scientific American,
3 June 2026
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“Intone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intone. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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