tenor

Example Sentences

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Despite the rally, markets show a defensive tenor and elevated volatility.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Mr. Steele supports affirmative action as “a form of reconciliation with our dominant racial, ethnic, and gender order” and is “saddened by the tenor of the present moment.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

In Scene 3, Ms. Duffy and tenor Nicky Spence are university students puzzling over “Who is Sue?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

The way “asses.masses” shifted tones and tenor recalled a game such as “Kentucky Route Zero,” another serialized and alternately realistic and fanciful game with political overtones.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

One of them sings hymns in a high cracked tenor before he begins to gurgle.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque