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
Jenner’s answers are brief and monotone: “Over there,” she tells the art installers.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
The monotone transmission recalled the manner in which deep-cover Cold War spies for the KGB and CIA once received orders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
Her understated androgyny was paired with a shout-singing vocal style that had a snarly, monotone curl laced with abandon and disregard for convention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
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
Now he needed to figure out something smaller but crucial: how to apply the organ stings, ominous monotones and other instrumental plot thickeners that would underline the satire and keep the audience on track.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2021
“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
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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