Thesaurus / monotone
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Both were narrated by a man in a monotone, with the actors barely audible in the background.
A CYCLING TRAIL THROUGH POLAND AND GERMANY — AND SOVIET-ERA HISTORYDIANE DANIELOCTOBER 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe describes a public defender as having “grainy eyes,” as if he had “been up all night” — a lawyer who “sighs massively, impatiently” and “speaks in a monotone” in response to Adams’s questions.
AFTER A CRIMINAL JUSTICE NIGHTMARE, HE’S FIGHTING THE ‘BROKEN’ SYSTEMPREMAL DHARIAOCTOBER 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe new voice TikTok has now added is more upbeat, which doesn’t work as well in some videos where the point was to use a monotone.
THIS WEEK IN APPS: POPARAZZI HYPE, INSTAGRAM DROPS LIKES, EPIC TRIAL ADJOURNSSARAH PEREZMAY 29, 2021TECHCRUNCHWe work virtually together often, and his WFH situation is in a room far away from his WiFi source, which means I spend a lot of time staring at his frozen face while repeating his name in monotone during important conversations.
WHAT OUR GEAR GUY IS GIFTING FOR CHRISTMASJOE JACKSONDECEMBER 20, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEHe spoke in a wheezy, solemn monotone, from which all elements of life and joy seemed to have been eliminated.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEGradually the muffled beat of hoofs grew more pronounced, a shuffling monotone that filled the night.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIROne day, feverish and excited, he played on in monotone almost listless.
THE FIFTH STRING JOHN PHILIP SOUSA"We did gey well," he resumed in his even monotone, like a man who was repeating something he had learned by heart.
THE UNDERWORLDJAMES C. WELSHHe stood amid that silence, hearing only a faint whisper from the river, a far-off monotone from the falls beyond the chute.
THE HIDDEN PLACESBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRSomething of resentment, of indignation, struck a light in Darling's pale eyes, but his voice held to a monotone.
THE TIGRESSANNE WARNERWORDS RELATED TO MONOTONE
- colorlessness
- continuance
- continuity
- dreariness
- dryness
- dullness
- ennui
- equability
- evenness
- flatness
- humdrum
- identicalness
- invariability
- levelness
- likeness
- monotone
- monotonousness
- oneness
- repetitiousness
- repetitiveness
- routine
- same old thing
- similarity
- tediousness
- tedium
- tiresomeness
- unchangeableness
- uniformity
- wearisomeness
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