Meanings of nasal intonation in English

From this moment Isabelle forgot the lawyer's nasal intonation, his uncultivated delivery.

He uttered the words with a nasal intonation, and a whimsical look at Kenneth.

Accordingly, in his deepest nasal intonation, and withdrawing his eyes from the ceiling, he began:

Brandon's manner was stiff and formal, and his voice had assumed a slight nasal intonation.

He was singing a ditty, with a nasal intonation, he swung and drew back his scythe incessantly.

And Miss Negley, in the brisk nasal intonation of a Northern woman, replied: Oh, I'm not afraid.

He jerked his words with a slight nasal intonation, and his manner and his action indicated a characteristic impetuosity.

Somehow the nasal intonation of the American suited singularly well his fluent French; he seemed to have less trouble with his R's than most Anglo-Saxons.

After seeing that doorplate, you will hardly need to hear his nasal intonation to know that he came from the land of the tutelary codfish.

Nasal intonations of light and clicking tongues... publicity of windows stoning me with pent-up cries... smells of abattoirs... smells of long-dead meat.

"Poor fellow!" he sighed, with a slight nasal intonation, "he did not have a fair chance!