tone of voice

Example Sentences

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It’s meant to be first in a new category of emotionally intelligent robots, trained to respond appropriately to our tone of voice and body language.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

“People say: ‘I hadn’t heard someone talk to me in that tone of voice since my grandfather was alive.’

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

"I promise you, for the remainder of the next four years, I will only speak to you in this tone of voice, this close to the camera. I will be relentless."

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2024

So she’s reduced to tone of voice, oblique gestures, a message hidden between the lines.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2024

He kept hitting himself on the forehead and saying “Sheesh!” but his tone of voice seemed to indicate amazement more than anything else.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder