to intone

Examples

• All

• Although I am not a rabbi, in these circumstances I pray to the Almighty that he will forgive me if I intone the blessings.

  Schindler's List (1993)

• The teacher began to intone the poem in a rhythmic, soothing voice.

• "On the up," the singer intones, and performers look up.

  Academic text (2017)

• "Teach us to care and not to care," the Ash Wednesday prayer intones.

  Academic text (1994)

• "The dream has not yet left me," Aq'ab'al intones, "and I still feel guilty."

  Academic text (2004)

• "Please do not be troublesome," the form intones: "Do not try to be more intelligent than us."

  Academic text (1993)

• "Would the dread of aging," she intones, "take hold of me again?"

  Academic text (1993)

• The choir intones, and the saxophone spins out its line.

  Academic text (2015)

• "Eloheynu vey-lohey avo-teynu," the prayerful Jew intones, "Our God and God of our fathers."

  Fiction book (2000)

• Goldberg doesn't bother; he pockets his little notepad and intones a response to the priest's prayer, all but ignoring Pfefferberg.

  Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

C

to chant

vsto intone

178 4.4

To sing or say the same words again and again with a steady beat, often with others

is usually slower, solo, and more regular than group repetition

D

to drawl

vsto intone

5 7.9

To speak slowly with long vowel sounds

is deliberate and more musical, not merely lazy speech

C

to cantillate

vsto intone

• Specialized

9.9

To sing or say words in a chant, often prayers

is slower and more monotonous, not limited to religious recitation

I

to intonate

vsto intone

8.1

Say words in a musical or serious tone

is slower and more regular, often with a steady musical voice

How Monotonous

to drone

1 5.8

to intone

3 7.2

chant

57 3.0

to recite

86 3.5

to speak

• Literature

569 6.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology