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Recent Examples of intone
As the Imam intoned verses from the Quran, a series of reverberating chimes from users’ phones suddenly cut through the recitation.
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Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
26 May 2026
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.
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Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
Of course, Callahan intones almost everything in an unsentimental baritone.
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David Harris,
SPIN,
2 Mar. 2026
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Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
26 May 2026
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.
—
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intone
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Even as a large number of fans at Miami Stadium chanted for Uruguay throughout Sunday's match, Cape Verdean players seemed undaunted.
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While there were no vuvuzelas, the plastic trumpets that put South Africa on the map during the 2010 World Cup, there was lots of chanting and cheering on site.
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The guests included many political VIPs, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, and FBI Director Kash Patel, whose girlfriend Alexis Wilkins sang the national anthem.
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Follow the babe with the power into Jim Henson’s gloriously weird fantasy wonderland, where goblins sing, doors argue, and David Bowie’s Goblin King serves enough glam-rock charisma to power an entire kingdom.
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“Intone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intone. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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