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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
intone .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting
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Examples
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He is pictured standing alone and next to Republican senators and members of Congress, his name intoned by ominous-sounding announcers.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: In Campaign Ads for Democrats, Bush Is the Star 2006
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He is pictured standing alone and next to Republican senators and members of Congress, his name intoned by ominous-sounding announcers.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: In Campaign Ads for Democrats, Bush Is the Star 2006
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Book of Gospels incensed, and the Gospel, also in Arabic, intoned or read.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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I’m not yet convinced Dark Blue, which appears to be, well, dark imagine that title intoned by the late Don LaFontaine–Dark.
Heroes in More Ways Than One: LEVERAGE Returns to TNT Tonight « TV BACON 2009
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And yet mingling with these cries of delight, of jubilation, I record also, as I read, the repetition in the bass of one word intoned over and over again by some malcontent.
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His name is intoned at the end of every prayer by Jews, Christian and Muslims.
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“That poor horse, death by stupid tourist” she kind of intoned to herself.
MELANCHOLY WRECKS 2009
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Italy's "Il Giorno" intoned, "Il mondo applaude il trionfo di Obama" (The world applauds Obama's triumph.)
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"Congress is out of control," one effective ad intoned, "and [Haydon] will bring Nancy Pelosi's one-party control of government to Frankfurt."
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Robin Denselow JoJo Marvin's Room Can't Do Better A killer opening line – "I've been up three days: Adderall and Red Bull" – then blankly intoned relationship fallout through a self-medicated fug, bitterness and contempt framed by drugs and booze.
F&M playlist 2011
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