intone
verb (used with object)
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
intoned
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past participleof intone.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof intone.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
intoneverb (used with object)to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
Example Sentences
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A press conference displayed mug shots as First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli intoned the arrests "prove what we have been saying."
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
“She was born under a full moon in the arms of mother nature. The jaguars taught her to run, the birds to fly,” her intro video intoned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
“We need to change the conversation, because so many people see things on television that aren’t necessarily true,” he intoned gravely.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2025
He was joined on stage by the song's producer, Mustard, who clutched a football while sporting the world's baggiest jeans - before Lamar pointed an imaginary remote control at the camera and intoned, "Game Over".
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2025
“Mysterious, morbid, dependable friends,” intoned the Gran to enormous cheers from the crowd, including a group of parents who looked like they had died last week.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
