monotone
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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
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
“Everyone belongs…” In a low monotone Rustin recited the six principles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
Sweeney has a tough enough job cut out for her trying to act her way out of a paper-thin script, but this one-note, ridiculously monotone performance does her no favors.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
Mr. Sparling became restive and bitter and began to talk in a desolate monotone about his eleven months in France during the Great War.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Vocabulary lists containing monotone
"The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe
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