intoning
present participle ofintone
intone
verb[T]
formaluk/ɪnˈtəʊn/us/ɪnˈtoʊn/to say somethingslowlyandseriouslyin avoicethat does notriseorfallmuch:
[+ speech]"Let uspray," thepriestintoned to hiscongregation.
Ways of speaking
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- accentuation
- BBC English
- breathe
- cacoepy
- cut glass
- dialectal
- drawl
- elocution
- flap
- fluent
- idiomatic
- jawbreaker
- lilt
- pronunciation
- prosodic
- prosody
- signer
- sociolect
- synecdoche
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Saying & uttering
Examplesofintoning
intoning
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Here the precentors are sitting, and they alternate with one another, two together alternatelyintoningthe psalms, very pleasantly and magnificently.
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It is, however, syntactically independent and serves the poetic function of constantlyintoningthe exhortation to rejoice.
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Theintoningis then repeated, tuned to a dissonant pitch cluster.
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I thought he was beginning to burst into song, but he was onlyintoning.
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It is no goodintoningan incantation about how we want higher standards and about taking people from industry into higher education.
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When she reaches 9, an ominous-sounding male voice is suddenly heardintoningthe countdown of a rocket launch.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ominous choirs are heardintoningas the black skies give way to high winds and tall waves.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its use after compline is likely traceable to the monastic practice ofintoningit in chapel and chanting it on the way to sleeping quarters.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.None of hisintoningdevices have survived, though recently some have been reconstructed and used in performances.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A curious practice which exists from ancient times is theintoningof the antiphons and psalms to the celebrant.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was here that her most prominent qualities of the vocal technique (e.g. flawlessintoning, unique way of carrying a note) started to take shape.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The five antiphons and psalms are sung with the first assistantintoningthe antiphons and the cantorsintoningthe psalms.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Meticulous clarity, an ingenious twist in punctuation, modulation andintoning, coupled with an import of soulful meditation on every syllable, both lyrical and musical, marked his singing.
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