toneless
Example Sentences
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In his toneless, dispassionate telling, his entirely incomprehensible position was just too complex for them to understand.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2024
Publicly, she remained above party politics, always attending the state opening of Parliament but delivering the “Queen’s Speech” outlining the government’s agenda in the toneless accents expected of a politically neutral sovereign.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2022
But that didn’t matter, murmured Beal in his baritone which predictably grows toneless and even deeper following tough losses.
From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2018
Her delivery is toneless, as if she were trying to induce her audience into shifting its attention elsewhere.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 24, 2014
He said, “Yes, ma’am,” and his voice was toneless.
From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
