We use the rising intonation (or inflection, as it is usually called) to indicate that a question is asked, and various effects are given to speech by the various intonations of rhetoric.
In Chinese eight distinct intonations are found, by the use of which one word may be made to express eight different ideas, or perhaps it is better to say that eight words may be made of one.
He was a Dane, but his French and English were without trace of accent; certain intonations alone betrayed his Scandinavian origin.
He heard them abusing him in Bohemian, a language of which he did not know more than a few words; theirintonations told him that they heartily disliked his presence.
He recalled many things that she had said to him, the intonations of her voice, the little significant smiles that meant so much.
They recalled to each other circumstances, words, smiles, intonations of the mother who was no longer to speak to them.
In a novel containing this scene the absence of the actors' trained intonations would cost the author much labor in describing how the words should be uttered.
He spoke in a low voice, without any expression, but his accents were educated, and it was a relief to hear him after the twang and the vulgar intonations which for some time had wounded my ears.
It was a sing-song whine, with the quavering intonations of a beggar, and it filled Mackintosh with disgust.
Upon what do the different intonations of sound or mechanical employments depend?
Wilder thought there was a melody in the intonations of the youthful voice of the maiden, which in some measure excused the personality, as she answered.
The unusual intonations did not entirely escape the ears of some of the elder seamen; and looks of peculiar meaning were exchanged among them, as they paused to catch his words.
But the lowest and the deepest of its intonations reached the most distant ear, and no one who heard was left to doubt its meaning.
He must find the words for his defence, tormented as he was by the twitchings of his face, the intonations which he could not express.
In the society of which the duke was the centre, every one sought to imitate that accent, those disdainful intonations with an affectation of simplicity.
A foot-note reads: "In her impersonation of the part of Lady Macbeth Mrs. Siddons adopted successively three different intonations in giving the words 'we fail.
Are there other possible intonations of the words?
After the disappearance of the witches a recitative by Faust follows, blended withintonations of former and later conception, and hereupon a shorter one between him and Wagner, which is succeeded by the concluding finale.
Although ugly and ill-made, she had a sweet, clear dramatic contralto with unrivalled high notes, intonations so fixed it seemed impossible for her to sing out of tune, and a native flexibility that left unimpeded her creative fancy.
Her voice too is exceedingly flexible, is fresh, pure and clear, herintonations are correct and her personality most attractive.
He felt the old feeling of the intoxication of love stealing over him, and he called to mind the sweet odor of her skin, her smile when she put her arms on to his shoulders, the soft intonations of her voice, all her graceful, coaxing ways.
This need of imitation soon became his hobby, and, having heard an usher at the Tuilleries imitate the voice of the emperor, he also acquired the same intonations and studied slowness.
His smile seems made for you; one cannot believe that his voice does not assume specially tender intonations on their account.
Anna laughed as I humorously imitated the well-known intonations of Mr. Speaker Sutton, but a cloud darkened her bright features when I concluded.
I listened intently, but could not catch any of the intonations of a dialect founded on the decimal principle.
If I was puzzled with the syllables that accidentally reached me, I was no less perplexed with the intonations of the voices of the different speakers.
I know that hereafter I shall be able to detect the lazuli's peculiar intonations every time.
I studied his song, and tried to fix the peculiar intonationsin my mind, and felt positive that I could never be caught again--but I was.
The child mimics the actions, accents and intonations of the parent.
The intonations of the voice indicate the deep sympathy of the reader.
As he formed sentences, almost for the first time, his courage and his fancy alike warmed: his sanguine spirit sympathised with the nobility of the imaginary scene, and inspirited the intonations of his modulated voice.
And this law holds equally true of man--that the human intonations are as superior to brutal as human character exceeds animal.
Savagely he spoke, but Filhiol detected intonations that rang not quite true.
Tapping both heads of a small, barrel-like drum, the singer whined on and on, with intonations wholly maddening to the captain.
Lamb got exceedingly merry and exquisitely witty; and his fun in the midst of Wordsworth's solemn intonations of oratory was like the sarcasm and wit of the fool in the intervals of Lear's passion.
His intonations were very much those one fancies a ghost would use if forced by some magic spell to give utterance to sounds.
The sickliness of the voice, its falling intonations and its strange indelicacy, combined with a die-away softness and meretricious refinement, made the Father's flesh creep.
That bird will have the intonations of my voice more correctly than ever by to-morrow morning," said the Father, watching Guildea closely with his mild blue eyes.
His little affectations of gesture and manner, imitative affectations for the most part, have increased, and the humorous beam and the humorous intonations have become a thing he puts on every morning like an old coat.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "intonations" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
