intone
verb (used with object)
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
have intoned
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present perfectof intone.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It has a soothing script: unity, reconciliation and — as anchors must have intoned a billion times — “the peaceful transition of power.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2017
I have intoned such jeremiads myself, and I do not believe that music is suffering from a greater want to-day than that of a more thorough training for singers.
From How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art by Henry Edward Krehbiel
His Grace of Canterbury himself could not have intoned words of command more melodiously than Willie did.
From The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 by David Douglas Ogilvie
