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intones

  • present tense form
    of intone (3rd person singular).
    intone
    verb (used with object)
    to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.

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

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

“It doesn’t matter. The question is moot,” Jackson intones, before launching into a miniature stump speech.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026

“You will never hear my song again,” Payakan intones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025

A singer intones a haunting melody—“It’s been a long time and still we are not free.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

But just then the voice intones: “Ladies and Gentlemen, behold the god Hermaphroditus! Half woman, half man!”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides