In speech, we safeguard meaning by the use of intonation, stress, gesture, and voice qualities. In writing, we must deal with our medium in such a way that the meaning cannot possibly be misunderstood. From LearnThat.org. [Harold Whitehall, Educator.]
Anything sing-song falls into this category, such as the calling intonation of 'Come and ge-et it'. From Wordnik.com. [On speaking music] Reference
My name is not that strange, but if the intonation is Swedish most people just can not make out the syllables. From Wordnik.com. [Isaac Asimov, rider] Reference
The intonation is a bit skewered as you go higher up. From Wordnik.com. [Paste Magazine] Reference
In Chinese, a word like ‘ma’ can change meaning if your voice rises or lowers in intonation. From Wordnik.com. [First Impressions of Korea | Heretical Ideas Magazine] Reference
Both were far removed from the now fashionable intonation, which is the admiration and despair of American swells. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs] Reference
'There is a kind of chant in your voice - a sort of rhythm, followed by a monotonous intonation, which is not at all good. From Wordnik.com. [Juniper Hall: A Rendezvous of Certain Illustrious Personages during the French Revolution, Including Alexandre D'Arblay and Fanny Burney] Reference
Rahv uses the term as a kind of intonation to make the rains of profundity fall. From Wordnik.com. [An Exchange on the Left] Reference
Well Greg - Sorry my "intonation" caused your prejudice to come out. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
His intonation might be another indication. From Wordnik.com. [Implicature] Reference
Irish, -- the soft intonation of the Emerald Isle. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
The very intonation of Quinton's voice is a caress. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
She couldn't make out the odd intonation of her voice. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
It's a way to use soprano's dicey intonation to advantage. From Wordnik.com. [Sam Newsome: A Soprano Sax 'Soliloquy'] Reference
Sometimes, without intonation, things sound so much worse. From Wordnik.com. [STUTERER, two chapters (from a novel yet to be written)] Reference
"Oh!" exclaimed the widow with an indescribable intonation. From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
But the Prince was not cool enough to analyze an intonation. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The affectionate-ironic intonation he gave to the name Burbank?. From Wordnik.com. [JOHNNY CARSON, 1925-2005] Reference
Trix looked up quickly, surprised at the intonation of her voice. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
A good ear for intonation, a feel for rhythm and, third, information. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Wexler: A Record Man Remembered] Reference
There was an intonation in the protest that hinted at some irritation. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
The intonation of the little vocal bell-ringers alters with each line. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Nursery Rhymes] Reference
Through it I could hear harsh chopping consonants, a whining intonation. From Wordnik.com. [Greylorn] Reference
The very intonation of her voice, her gesture, was of the long dead mother. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
There were too many slips in language, rhythmic accuracy and intonation for comfort. From Wordnik.com. [Prom 51: Swedish CO/Dausgaard] Reference
Sentences are clipped for punchy intonation (hi. we have to hang out out.soon. like now.). From Wordnik.com. [Claire Gordon: Txtspk 4eva] Reference
"That's a fact," said Seth Allport, with the full power of his down-east nasal intonation. From Wordnik.com. [Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek] Reference
"Want's some buns to feed 'em wiv, poor fings," murmured Maggie, with pathetic intonation. From Wordnik.com. [A Bachelor's Dream] Reference
His voice had a joyous intonation that produced a strange effect amid the prevailing gloom. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Elmer amuses himself by saying “walking out” in a different voice or intonation each time. From Wordnik.com. [Ever. Happily. After.] Reference
And so it enables you to be a little bit more expressive with your vibrato and your intonation. From Wordnik.com. [Marcus Miller Performs Live in NPR's Studio 4A] Reference
"I have seen him in tantrums when he was considered sane," said the girl, with an odd intonation. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
When he spoke again there was a new intonation in his speech, -- something bitter, cruel, unrelenting. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Still, it's weirdly fascinating to hear the author's gravelly, bumbling, stilted intonation of CIA skulduggery. From Wordnik.com. [The New Oral Tradition] Reference
Voices sound so different in the womb that the baby is almost surely remembering not pitch or intonation but rhythm. From Wordnik.com. [Special Issue: How Kids Grow Do You Hear What I Hear?] Reference
Come to class singing, “Nobody does it better,” the way Carly Simon would with odd intonation. From Wordnik.com. [Tinges of Envy or How You Learn] Reference
Pete explained that his guitar's “intonation” was bad, a phrase Pete employed often in order to play someone else's guitar. From Wordnik.com. [My Black Guitar] Reference
“I'll bet you get more than you ask for,” he said with an intonation meant to end their conversation, but she did not let it end. From Wordnik.com. [Animal Shadows] Reference
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