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Valverde, who is Dudamel’s wife, intoned as might a magician.
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
Things aren’t all dismal, as seemingly intoned by the punishing tribulations visited upon this caring couple in the first half of the story.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
In that first movie, Pearl ominously intones that Maxine will grow up to be just like her.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 July 2024
My hope was that merely intoning these titles would send Mr. V. to sleep.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
Things aren’t all dismal, as seemingly intoned by the punishing tribulations visited upon this caring couple in the first half of the story.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
In that first movie, Pearl ominously intones that Maxine will grow up to be just like her.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 July 2024
My hope was that merely intoning these titles would send Mr. V. to sleep.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
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“Intone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intone. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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