All 4 Uses of
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Babbitt
- He had painfully written out a first draft, and he intoned it now like a poet delicate and distrait: SAY, OLD MAN!†
Chpt 3 *
- "You got a little dividend coming," said Babbitt to each of them, and each intoned, "Squeeze it, Georgie, squeeze it!"†
Chpt 8
- "Page Mr. Dannnnnty!" intoned Eddie Swanson.†
Chpt 9
- When they had finished the first round she proved by intoning "Think you boys could stand another—you got a dividend coming" that, though she was but a woman, she knew the complete and perfect rite of cocktail-drinking.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
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(intone) to speak; or (less commonly) to sing or play musicThe exact meaning of intone can depend upon its context. It can mean:
- to say something somberly (slowly and seriously without much change in pitch)
- to speak or sing in a careful manner as with rising and falling pitch
- to say in a particular tone or pitch