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monotone

[mon-uh-tohn] / ˈmɒn əˌtoʊn /


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The album’s 11 songs were childlike curios, with Mr. Richman announcing several of the titles at the start, accompanied by a pithy, monotone explanation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

“I have always valued my lifelessness,” Ortiz says in a hilariously monotone voice, quoting Tik-Tok.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 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

“Your dad got a gash on the forehead,” he continues in the same monotone.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

The looks came in sequential monotones of navy, royal blue, red, ice blue and white.

From Seattle Times Jan. 14, 2024

“One cup equals 16 tablespoons,” she monotones, in that slightly robotic but very friendly voice.

From The Verge Jan. 19, 2015

The other subjects in that educational video, boys chanting in monotones about Power Ranger dolls and sea-creatures, were allegedly my neurological brethren, albeit from a different place on the spectrum.

From Slate May 3, 2013

Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina, who once yelled “You lie” at , argued in monotones about the role of the National Federation of Independent Business.

From New York Times Jan. 20, 2011

Occasionally men passed along the narrow street very close to him, talking in monotones to each other, a cloud of dust rising around their feet with each step.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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