Sample Sentences for
intone
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    Juliet repeatedly intones Romeos name in the magical balcony scene.
    intones = says
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    How small is the earth to him who looks from heaven: Mrs Who intoned musically.  (source)
    intoned = said
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    "I am the Dark Queen," she intoned dramatically.  (source)
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    "I described myself as the second greatest," intoned Deep Thought, "and such I am."  (source)
    intoned = said
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    The WOMEN enter, intoning the dirge 'Ale k le' and swaying from side to side.  (source)
    intoning = singing
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    [Then, when FATHER-JACQUES has said: We mustn't forget the departed':] [intone in chorus, turned towards the portrait of GRANDFATHER-JACQUES, with their backs to the audience:] Cordolences!  (source)
    intone = say
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    "Number two," he intones.  (source)
    intones = says
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    The priest's long, dismal intonings acted upon his nerves and deepened his wrath; there was something defiant in his unintelligible drawl; it seemed meant for Newman himself.†  (source)
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    But he took his duties seriously, asking the groom and the bride in turn if they promised to be loving and caring, and after they both said "I do," he laid his hands on their shoulders and intoned, "Go in peace, my children."  (source)
    intoned = said
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    As her head went beneath the surface she heard Jem intoning, "Jean Louise Finch, I baptize you in the name of—" Whap!†  (source)
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    See how smart she was, she seems to intone as she compares the picture to my father.†  (source)
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    "It is both a time for repentance and a time for thanks," intones the mayor.†  (source)
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    "Hello, Tweedy," Max intoned.  (source)
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