tone
Example Sentences
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These books are lighter in tone than “Frankie Machine,” but they deliver the necessary genre angst and thrills.
Investors will pay close attention to the central bank governor’s remarks at the GDP press conference for any shift in policy tone or changes in the balance of growth risks.
The Duke of York offered a tone of mutual reassurance: “I’m just as concerned for you! Don’t worry about me! It would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it!”
The tone of the statement suggests the bank could resume monetary easing as early as March, they added.
All this gives the decision a “Get Hoffa” tone.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
