All 24 Uses of
tone
in
A Separate Peace
- He used this preoccupied tone when he was thinking of something more interesting than what you had said.
p. 24..9 (definition 1)tone = quality of voice expressing a feeling or attitude
- "Stop, stop!" cried Finny in a referee's tone.
p. 39..1 (definition 1)tone = quality of voice expressing an attitude
- Then in the everyday, mediocre tone he used when he was proposing something really outrageous, he added, "Let's go to the beach."
p. 45..9 (definition 1)tone = quality of voice expressing a feeling or mood
- The doctor didn't look at me, and barely changed his tone of voice. "Sports are finished for him, after an accident like that."
p. 63..6 (definition 1) *tone = quality of voice expressing a feeling
- "There's a long-distance call for you," he continued in the tone of the judge performing the disagreeable duty of telling the defendant his right.
p. 82..5 (definition 1)tone = quality of voice expressing a feeling or attitude
- Brinker's expansive, dazed tone suggested that here was one of life's giant ironies, "There you are!"
p. 100..0 (definition 1)
- And out of the side of his mouth, to me, "Everybody in this place is either a draft-dodging Kraut or a … a …" the scornful force of his tone turned the word into a curse, "a nat-u-ral-ist!"
p. 100..4 (definition 1)tone = quality of voice expressing an attitude
- I separated from Brinker in the quadrangle, since one of his clubs was meeting and he could not go back to the dormitory yet—"I've got to preside at a meeting of the Golden Fleece Debating Society tonight," he said in a tone of amazed contempt, "the Golden Fleece Debating Society!"
p. 101..3 (definition 1)
- I could hardly believe it, but it was too plainly printed in the closed expression of his face to mistake, too discernible beneath the even tone of his voice: Phineas was shocked at the idea of my leaving.
p. 108..2 (definition 1)tone = quality of voice expressing a feeling or attitude
- After a pause he said, "You're going to be the big star now," in an optimistic tone, and then added with some embarrassment, "You can fill any gaps or anything."
p. 114..3 (definition 1)tone = quality of the voice that expresses a general feeling, mood, or attitude
- "They've made it all up. There isn't any real food shortage, for instance. ... You've noticed how they've been getting fatter lately, haven't you?"
His tone took it thoroughly for granted that I had.
p. 116..0 (definition 1)tone = quality of voice expressing an attitude
- At eighteen there was a certain enlargement in his tone, and at twenty-three the last edges of boredom left it; he stood up, and the urgency with which he brought out the next numbers was like an invisible boost lifting me the distance of my arms, until he sang out "thirty!" with a flare of pleasure.
p. 117..1 (definition 1)tone = quality of voice expressing a feeling or mood
- "I see," I said in a tone which made Brinker raise his eyes and lock them with mine.
p. 130..9 (definition 1)tone = quality of the voice that expresses a general feeling, mood, or attitude
- "You were down at the bottom, weren't you?" he asked, not in the official courtroom tone he had used before, but in a friend's voice.
p. 170..4 (definition 1)tone = quality of voice expressing an attitude
- "No one's accusing you of anything," Brinker responded in an odd tone.
p. 171..4 (definition 1)tone = quality of the voice that expresses a general feeling, mood, or attitude
- Leper's annoyed, this-is-obvious tone would discount what he said in their minds; they would know that he had never been like this before, that he had changed and was not responsible.
p. 175..2 (definition 1)tone = quality of voice expressing an attitude
- "I want to fix your leg up," I said crazily but in a perfectly natural tone of voice which made my words sound even crazier, even to me.
p. 185..1 (definition 1)
- The tone of his words fell dead center, without a trace of friendliness or unfriendliness, not interested and not bored, not energetic and not languid.
p. 188..9 (definition 1)tone = quality of the voice that expresses a general feeling, mood, or attitude
- It scared me, but I knew what I said was important and right, and my voice found that full tone voices have when they are expressing something long-felt and long-understood and released at last.
p. 190..8 (definition 1)tone = quality of voice expressing a feeling or attitude
- "That's not a very good answer, Brink," he said in a tone struggling to remain reasonable.
p. 200..3 (definition 1)tone = quality of the voice that expresses a general feeling, mood, or attitude
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- "Did I ever tell you," he began in a husky tone, "that I used to be aiming for the Olympics?"†
p. 117..4 (definition 2)
- "Yes," agreed Phineas in his deepest and most musical tone, "there's me."†
p. 157..9 (definition 2)
- No one who was tone deaf ever loved music so much.†
p. 161..4 (definition 2)
- Half a tone off, I would estimate offhand.†
p. 161..7 (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.