monotone
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Even when tasked to outfit the girls in monotone uniforms, the costume designer Shirley Kurata adds individuality with textures of sheers, cutouts and pleats.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 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
Sweeney has a tough enough job cut out for her trying to act her way out of a paper-thin script, but this one-note, ridiculously monotone performance does her no favors.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 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
She had spent the entire time with her eyes glued to a piece of paper, her voice monotone and rushed, and she had later confessed to Moss that she felt miserable about it.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
Vocabulary lists containing monotone
"The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe
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