tone
Example Sentences
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It answers confidently, fluently, in complete sentences, with the tone of someone who knows.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Management took a constructive tone on the first-quarter earnings conference call on April 24.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
The story eventually ran on Jan. 18 without any substantial changes to its tone or reporting.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Skeptics argued that once a piano hammer strikes a string, the resulting tone is determined almost entirely by the instrument itself.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2026
I said, trying to take a light-hearted tone.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Vocabulary lists containing tone
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 2
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Argumentative Writing
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