Who lies within that tomb I do not know, The yellow bird intones his threnody In notes as colourless as driven snow, Clashing with the green hush and out of key.
There is, however, a great preponderance of chanting in monotone, and this, whilst the minister intones his parts in the service, gives to the whole the impress of High Church service.
Arthur Veysey—intones the prayers, in, we may say, the most perfect style we have yet heard out of a cathedral.
And then the choir's jubilee begins again, as the anointed one at the altar intones "Credo in unum Deum.
He then ascends with trembling step, and having again silently prayed for forgiveness, he intones the noble hymn,"Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
The priest takes his place for the first time in the centre, before the altar, and after a short pause, intones in his hoarse old voice the Credo of Sebastian Bach.
As if to force himself to remain awake he intones a sailor song, an exquisite little melody, with a dash of the sea in its undulating measures.
Before the combat begins, the King intones a prayer, in which first the principals and then the chorus join with noble effect, while the music of rejoicing over the Knight's victory has an irresistible onsweep.
He intones the second verse, but sleep overcomes him and the phrases become more and more detached, until at last he falls asleep.
It is then that Wolfram, accompanying himself on his lyre, intones the wondrously tender and beautiful "Song to the Evening Star," confessing therein his love for the saintly Elizabeth.
Then Eli intones benedictions in chorale style, and the chorus responds with "Amens" in full harmony at the end of each, making a very impressive effect.
He didn't mean to-- The gong intones its deep, full bass.
In "Goetterdaemmerung," when Siegfried raises the drink of forgetfulness to his lips, he drinks to the memory of Bruennhilde and intones the words to this very theme.
The conception of the hero in the mind of Wotan is made known to us only by the orchestra, which intones the Sword motive here for the first time.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "intones" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
