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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
intonate .
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Examples
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He told me that he -- he intonated that he wasn't happy with the original story.
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At the centre of this debate was Jaspers 'critique of Bultmann's strategy of scriptural de-mythologization: that is, his attempt to clarify the truth-contents of the scriptures by eliminating the historical or mythological elements of the New Testament, and by concentrating, in an existentially intonated exegesis, on the perennially valid and present aspects of the Bible.
Karl Jaspers Thornhill, Chris 2006
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When Boca responded, each word was measured and intonated gorgeously, as though he'd memorized lines.
The Best Revenge White, Stephen, 1951- 2003
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When Boca responded, each word was measured and intonated gorgeously, as though he'd memorized lines.
The Best Revenge White, Stephen, 1951- 2003
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Mr. and Mrs. Reed, Lisa's parents, sat motionless as the minister intonated Lisa's wonderful qualities and her contributions to the community.
Baby Magic Collins, Marion Smith 1994
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He said the police were forced to show results and intonated that if his client, Mr Zulu, was refused bail it would be a notch on the police's belt.
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Another kind of water -- also very matutinal in its delivery, -- the "_Aqua vita_," is intonated by the _Aquavitario_, in a sharp kestrel key, -- hear him!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Various
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"Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies laugh among themselves," intonated Eliezer.
An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story Eliza Orzeszkowa 1876
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And at last, when Sister Hyacinthe had clapped her hands, the whole carriage intonated the "Te Deum," the hymn of praise and thanksgiving.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 5 ��mile Zola 1871
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The bearers, the priests, and the ailing ones themselves had just intonated a canticle, the song of Bernadette, and all rolled along amid the besetting "Aves," so that the little carts, the litters, and the pedestrians descended the sloping road like a swollen and overflowing torrent of roaring water.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 2 ��mile Zola 1871
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