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Recent Examples of intoning
The news site Deadspin took clips of different anchors intoning the same words and laid them over one another to make a hellish cacophony.
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intoning
chanting
Verb
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Iranians who were chanting against the supreme leader are now watching foreign bombs fall on their cities.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2026
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People marched from the farmer’s market marquee in the park to the North Natomas Library, past Interkum High, chanting and carrying signs.—
Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Intoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intoning. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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