Example Sentences

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"Holiday let, second home, second home, holiday let, second home, holiday let," she intones.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Nevertheless: “Once more you drown one of your own in the inky depths of democracy,” Cumming intones after Funches poignantly exits.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

“It is as if the demands of his spirit were too extreme for flesh and blood,” Ms. Marcus intones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

But “count no mortal happy till / he has passed the final limit of his life secure from pain,” as the chorus intones at the end of Sophocles’ tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

“You always take his side,” my father intones.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan