All 27 Uses of
tone
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- The questions of the driver had the tone of a subtle examination.
Chpt 2 (definition 1) *tone = general feel
- And on the preacher's face there was a look not of prayer, but of thought; and in his tone not supplication, but conjecture.
Chpt 8 (definition 1)tone = the general feeling, mood, or attitude of something
- Preachin's a kinda tone a voice, an' preachin's a way a lookin' at things.
Chpt 10 (definition 1)
- He finished in the tone of a benediction, and Al reddened a little with pleasure.
Chpt 10 (definition 1)
- Her tone had made him ashamed.
Chpt 10 (definition 1)
- "His eyes was still open," said Ruthie in a hushed tone.
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- "It's sleep--" Ma said in a shamed tone.
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- Mae's tone was faltering.
Chpt 15 (definition 1)
- Her tone was cold and final.
Chpt 16 (definition 1)
- "Gonna pick peaches?" Pa's tone was dignified.
Chpt 16 (definition 1)
- The words were not clear, only the tone.
Chpt 18 (definition 1)
- Now a response filled in the pause, and the exhortation went up with a tone of triumph, and a growl of power came into the voice.
Chpt 18 (definition 1)
- The camp was quiet in the blinding heat, but the noises of hot grass--of crickets, the hum of flies--were a tone that was close to silence.
Chpt 18 (definition 1)
- Ma said, in a sharp matter-of-fact tone, "I don' see why him savin' Tom got to get you drunk."
Chpt 20 (definition 1)
- Pa's voice took on her tone.
Chpt 22 (definition 1)
- She put an interest in her tone.
Chpt 24 (definition 1)
- And we all got on the same tone, an' I tell ya, it jus' seemed like that tank bulged an' give and swelled up.
Chpt 26 (definition 1)
- "You git quick." There was no argument against such a tone. Ruthie and Winfield went reluctantly down the car.
Chpt 30 (definition 1)
- Ruthie heard the threat in Ma's tone, and changed her tactics.
Chpt 30 (definition 1)
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- The afternoon was advancing rapidly, and a richer tone was growing on the sun.†
Chpt 4 (definition 2)
- Listen to the pounding old jalopy with all your senses; for a change of tone, a variation of rhythm may mean--a week here?†
Chpt 12 (definition 2)
- Male and female voices had been one tone, but now in the middle of a response one woman's voice went up and up in a wailing cry, wild and fierce, like the cry of a beast; and a deeper woman's voice rose up beside it, a baying voice, and a man's voice traveled up the scale in the howl of a wolf.†
Chpt 18 (definition 2)
- You can do anything with a harmonica: thin reedy single tone, or chords, or melody with rhythm chords.†
Chpt 23 (definition 2)
- And as you play, you learn new tricks, new ways to mold the tone with your hands, to pinch the tone with your lips, and no one teaches you.†
Chpt 23 (definition 2)
- And as you play, you learn new tricks, new ways to mold the tone with your hands, to pinch the tone with your lips, and no one teaches you.†
Chpt 23 (definition 2)
- But you can't patch her nor worry her no way or she'll lose tone.†
Chpt 23 (definition 2) *
- From back at the camp came the thin penetrating tone of a violin feeling about for a tune.†
Chpt 28 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (tone as in: the tone of the essay) the general feeling, mood, or attitude of something -- especially of something said or written
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(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) See a comprehensive dictionary for the many other common and less common meanings of tone including:
- a quality of sound, music, or voice
- a quality of color
- a quality of muscles seen after exercise, or the act of exercising to create that quality
- signals from a telephone
The expression "tone down", means to make something less forceful.