monotone
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She adopts a robotic monotone as she delivers a critique: “Hi-hat at 3:14 down two decibels.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The album’s 11 songs were childlike curios, with Mr. Richman announcing several of the titles at the start, accompanied by a pithy, monotone explanation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Jenner’s answers are brief and monotone: “Over there,” she tells the art installers.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
Even when tasked to outfit the girls in monotone uniforms, the costume designer Shirley Kurata adds individuality with textures of sheers, cutouts and pleats.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
He had sat between Lauren and Maya on their living room couch while Maya explained everything in a monotone that didn’t even sound like her own voice.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
The looks came in sequential monotones of navy, royal blue, red, ice blue and white.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2024
“One cup equals 16 tablespoons,” she monotones, in that slightly robotic but very friendly voice.
From The Verge ● Jan. 19, 2015
The other subjects in that educational video, boys chanting in monotones about Power Ranger dolls and sea-creatures, were allegedly my neurological brethren, albeit from a different place on the spectrum.
From Slate ● May 3, 2013
Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina, who once yelled “You lie” at , argued in monotones about the role of the National Federation of Independent Business.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2011
Occasionally men passed along the narrow street very close to him, talking in monotones to each other, a cloud of dust rising around their feet with each step.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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"The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe
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