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 ghost, on the other hand, who speaks in a creepy monotone, is like a relic of a long defunct amateur troupe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
His slow monotone and low-energy delivery eventually felled most people in the room.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
Ms Hodson wrote: "I asked him about the incident at his admissions meeting and he was monotone, emotionless and very matter of fact about his intentions."
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2025
She had spent the entire time with her eyes glued to a piece of paper, her voice monotone and rushed, and she had later confessed to Moss that she felt miserable about it.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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
The monotony of a sailor’s lot has driven them, it would seem, into monotones.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2012
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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