All 4 Uses of
tone
in
Always Running
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- "Pick us up Joe," Shorty whispered in a frightened tone.†
Chpt 5
- A deputy in a feverish tone shouted for me to move.†
Chpt 7 *
- I refuse to have you talk to me in this disrespectful and condescending tone.†
Chpt 7
- "Sure, okay," Fernando responded; there was nothing unusual in his tone.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(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.