Sample Sentences for
tone
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(editor-reviewed)

tone as in:  the tone of the essay

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    Despite the message's reasonable tone, the threat behind it was crystal clear.  (source)
    tone = the general feeling, mood, or attitude of something
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    At the tone of Mrs Whatsit's voice, both warning and frightening, Meg shivered again.  (source)
    tone = quality of voice expressing a feeling
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    "What if you show me what's edible around here and go get us some meat?" he says, mimicking my tone.  (source)
    tone = general feeling, mood, or attitude
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    She leaned her forehead against the bars and after a short silence went on in a thoughtful tone.  (source)
    tone = quality of voice that expresses a feeling or attitude
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    "Oh," said Stacey, his tone indicating that he considered the visit of no importance.  (source)
    tone = quality of voice expressing a feeling or attitude
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    His sympathetic tone sounds manufactured to me.  (source)
    tone = quality of voice
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    "I suppose you do it to keep your figure," he added in a mocking tone.  (source)
    tone = quality of voice expressing an attitude
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    If he'd recognized the offended tone in Liesel's voice, he certainly wasn't showing it.  (source)
    tone = general feeling or attitude
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    It wasn't said in the tone the kapos used to taunt us or goad us into working harder.  (source)
    tone = quality of voice expressing an attitude
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    Momma cuts him a side-eye, and he says in a more stern tone, "I mean, what? What you do that for?"  (source)
    tone = quality of the voice that expresses a general feeling, mood, or attitude
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    In spite of his airy tone, there was a look of great bitterness on his face.  (source)
    tone = general feeling, mood, or attitude of something
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    Oh yeah, I had heard that tone before too many times.  (source)
    tone = attitude expressed in the sound of the voice
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    Kit recoiled, as much from his angry tone as from the repulsive words.  (source)
    tone = quality of voice expressing a feeling
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meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus

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    This part here is called the tone hook, okay?  (source)
    tone = relating to the pitch (sound quality)
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    Tim picked up a phone on the console but heard only a dial tone.  (source)
    tone = sound at a given pitch
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    A tone sounded as we reached the 106th floor, and the elevator doors swished open.  (source)
    tone = auditory signal or sound
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    His tone dips when he mentions them.  (source)
    tone = pitch (sound of voice)
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    So when I pointed out a pair of sandals that would suit her skin tone, she was like, "Yeah, but …."  (source)
    tone = quality of color or lighting
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    A pair of navy blue lace-up Keds and some Buster Brown two-tone saddle shoes, polished brown and white so many times they glowed.  (source)
    tone = color
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    Beneath the dial tone, a faint conversation, two strange voices, a man and a woman.  (source)
    tone = a sound a landline telephone makes to indicate that a caller may start to dial
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    He heard a dial tone, then the tone of the numbers being automatically dialed in rapid succession.  (source)
    tone = sound at a given pitch
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    I pressed a small button set into the barrel and the gun emitted a tone.  (source)
    tone = sound at a given pitch (making sound vibrations of a given frequency)
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    Then Claude hung up and Glen stood, receiver in hand, listening to the off-hook stutter tone begin.  (source)
    tone = the sound a landline telephone makes for alerting a user that the telephone has been left off-hook without use for an extended period
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    He heard a dial tone, then the tone of the numbers being automatically dialed in rapid succession.  (source)
    tone = sound at a given pitch
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    The weapon emitted a second tone, letting me know it had finished scanning my handprints.  (source)
    tone = sound at a given pitch (making sound vibrations of a given frequency)
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    Then he walked to a point just beyond the reach of the dog's chain and whistled a warbly double-tone—tweee, tweee.  (source)
    tone = pitch of a whistle
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