When the king came in, the choir began intoning praises.
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Intoning
Synonyms for "intoning" (21 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Noun(5 words)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
Noun(10 words)
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More general
13 entriesceremonial stylelinguistic actlinguistic featureliturgical practicemusical expressionprosodic featureprosodyspeech actspeech propertyverbal actionverbal expressionvocal stylevocalization
More specific
14 entriescantillationcantillatorycantorial intoningchantingchantlikeemphatic intonationfalling intonationintonantliturgical intoningmonastic intoningpitch inflectionpsalmodizingrising intonationtone modulation
Collocations
16 entriescantillatory intoningcantorial intoningceremonial intonationceremonial intoningemphatic intonationintoning prayerintoning psalmintoning styleintoning voiceliturgical intoningmonotone intonationmonotone intoningritual chantritual intoningsolemn intoningsolemn recitation
Inflections
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5 entriesSample sentences
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The "tragic elevation" and musical intonings common in early-twentieth-century revivals were looked on as cardinal sins; all efforts were focused on creating a technique that would convey the illusion of "natural" speech[…]
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