Example Sentences

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“There are some people in this town who will intone in gravelly voices, ‘We need to get things done,’ ” Mr. Cruz said, lowering his voice.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2015

He will intone: “The very air you’re breathing is a poisonous fume!”

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2012

Before the sun has ended his day's journey, the people, summoned to the terraces by a call from the Temple, will intone the great hymn to Isis, which is sung but once a year.

From Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe Three Plays By Brieux by Miall, Bernard

My body shall be the altar, and my sighs the vows, and I will intone the service in thousands and thousands of verses.

From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund