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Recent Examples of intoning
The news site Deadspin took clips of different anchors intoning the same words and laid them over one another to make a hellish cacophony.
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intoning
chanting
Verb
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During the last international break, when Germany faced Ghana in Stuttgart, the crowd at the Neckarstadion spent much of the evening chanting for Undav’s introduction from the bench.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Padres fans packed Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú for the Mexico City Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, cheering and chanting while making new friends far from home.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Intoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intoning. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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