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Intonation
"Intonation" in a Sentence (16 examples)
Pay more attention to intonation when you speak English.
Intonation is absent in his way of speaking.
You can tell by her intonation that she lived in a Spanish speaking country when she was young.
Intonation is a notoriously difficult part of a foreign language to acquire.
Intonation is very important. It can completely change the meaning.
Punctuation helps to show grammatical relationships and, at least in English, is also used to indicate intonation.
Written text generally cannot convey the intonation of spoken language.
Written text generally does not convey the intonation of spoken language.
He has a very funny intonation.
The intonation is monotonous and sleep-inducing.
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She well knew the power of intonation, and thought that, in the absence of the curled lip, the contemptuous twitch of the nose, and the supercilious toss of the head, her message might be acceptable for Louisa's sake,...
This additional cause of the intonation of thunder, together with the simile with which it is illustrated, is copied from our poet, both by Pliny, Nat. Hist. ii, 431, and Isidorus, Orig. xiii.
As when sulphureous fires, within the caves Of earth long pent, with intonation loud Burst through the riven rocks, and far as eye Can reach their furious devastation spread, So sudden, so resistless was the force Of this blasphemer's bold appeal to arms.
In anxious expectation stood the crowd, When the shrill clarion's intonation loud Gave notice that the challenger drew nigh.
but Sir Hugh still exclaimed, —"Louder, old man, far louder!" till at last the minstrel, in obedience to his best and dearest friend, struck the harp with such violence, that not only did the strings break, but even the instrument itself burst asunder with a long melancholy intonation.
Her intonation was false.
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