Definition of intonenext
as in to chant
to utter in musical or drawn out tones "The day is begun," the narrator intoned

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for intone
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  • Fans chanted it for years inside The Swamp after being cued up by the marching band.
    Matt Baker, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • As the ovation stretched into its sixth minute, the audience began chanting for director Lance Oppenheim and singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers, who makes her acting debut in the film.
    Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
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  • Ortiz would go on trips with the church’s youth group and sing with the choir every Wednesday and Sunday before services.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Moore plays Mona Friedman, a meek housewife who hasn’t sung in front of anyone since church choir and is unexpectedly cast in a community-theater production — then transforms into a zealous method actor willing to wage war over a marginal role.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026

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“Intone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intone. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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