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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
Verb
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Hescock again told protesters to stop using the bullhorn, and the group stopped chanting.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
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Nearby, crowds chanted anti-government slogans, her relative recounted.—
Babak Dehghanpisheh,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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Five different characters sing their hearts out, and each performer meets the vocal and emotional demands of their star turn with both power and subtlety.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
18 Feb. 2026
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Supervising sound editor Alastair Sirkett told IndieWire that Peter Claffey’s big, former-rugby-player frame really helps that moment sing with suppressed panic.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Intone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intone. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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