tone
Example Sentences
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Going through the specifics will feel less tedious if the tone is one of excitement.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Her tone has also changed, from renovate to preserve.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Later, he took a scolding tone when he insisted — yet again — that the negotiations would soon end the war, “subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
“I feel like I let Chris down by not seeing the look in his eyes, or not hearing a tone in his voice—not being able to read it.”
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
“That’s quite all right,” the photographer says, mistaking my tone.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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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