Example sentences for: tone

How can you use “tone” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Besides his halting tone, that shot of him at an unusually wide table with a feeble Christmas tree behind him added to the whole Madame Tussaud effect.

  • (I have ignored all notations of tone since they would not affect the analysis.

  • Guaspari's story has been given a blunt, no-nonsense tone that works" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). (Click here to bone up on A Nightmare on Elm Street .)

  • First there's the pro-choice defense, which says every woman's choice should be respected, whether it's running marathons or posing for Gear . Then there's the "sexy to be strong" defense, which praises the U.S. women for adding muscle tone to our idea of feminine beauty.

  • In Postmortem (1990), Scarpetta's impressive debut, the tone was grim and graphic, focused on the nitty-gritty of crime detection and the challenges faced by a woman entering this mostly male business.


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