monotone

Example Sentences

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His slow monotone and low-energy delivery eventually felled most people in the room.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

Her understated androgyny was paired with a shout-singing vocal style that had a snarly, monotone curl laced with abandon and disregard for convention.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Ms Hodson wrote: "I asked him about the incident at his admissions meeting and he was monotone, emotionless and very matter of fact about his intentions."

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

The query is repeated, monotone into a payphone, by actor Kristen Stewart, who appears on the song and in the David Lynch-ian fever dream of a video for “Who Laughs Last.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025

Now came a roll call on the old monotone, with a break of register, a yodel, on the final syllable.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan