toneless
Example Sentences
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Publicly, she remained above party politics, always attending the state opening of Parliament but delivering the “Queen’s Speech” outlining the government’s agenda in the toneless accents expected of a politically neutral sovereign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
But that didn’t matter, murmured Beal in his baritone which predictably grows toneless and even deeper following tough losses.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2018
“Love,” he went on toneless, “what about you an’ me getting married?
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 10, 2016
The prose is cramped, the voice toneless and noticeably devoid of that deep, brassy register we’ve come to expect from McCarthy.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2012
‘It is not for you, Saruman!’ he cried in a shrill and toneless voice, shrinking away from Gandalf.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
