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- verb Present participle of
intonate .
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Examples
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The discussion ended with two Noisy Idiots intonating that filosofia is uptight, that the BBC probably have documentary about such people, and the other concluding the thread with the phrase ‘laughing my ass off.’
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Or an in-house promo featuring Sean Hannity shilling for Giuliani, praising him for his reticence in refusing to discuss the particulars of his faith (as if a thrice-married Catholic would ever be avid to discuss the fine points of doctrine), or Rush Limbaugh, intonating like the great oracle Oz. At 'FAN, we were spared such helpings of boiled ego; at WABC, it's an hourly infliction.
Supper with the Stars: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009
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I'd be interested in how the voting went by the hour intonating age voting patterns.
'American Idol' finale matches last year -- The Live Feed | THR 2008
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"Well, it's his dog, then," she said, intonating dog like stained underwear fallen out of a pantleg in a supermarket,"He is pooping on my lawn."
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"Well, it's his dog, then," she said, intonating dog like stained underwear fallen out of a pantleg in a supermarket,"He is pooping on my lawn."
blog: March 2008 2008
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Here also stood the choir of young men or grown-up children, who united their voices or answered to the intonating singer.
An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story Eliza Orzeszkowa 1876
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He uses the intonating style of prayers to unleash a torrent of abuse in the Dhivehi tongue on the unwitting couple, who smile shyly.
BBC News - Home 2010
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He uses the intonating style of prayers to unleash a torrent of abuse in the Dhivehi tongue on the couple, who smile shyly, unaware of what is being said.
BBC News - Home 2010
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What Awlaki is intonating is that attacks and killings that the rest of the world considers terrorism, he sees as perfectly legitimate.
NPR Topics: News 2009
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