intoning

present participle of intone
as in chanting
to utter in musical or drawn out tones "The day is begun," the narrator intoned

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chanting
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  • Rather than take care of patients in the hospital, the nurses gathered daily on the grassy shoulder of Holly Road, waving protest signs and chanting.
    Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • There is essentially no country in the world where football is popular but doesn’t have a culture of chanting.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Intoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intoning. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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