tone
Example Sentences
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At one point, Hegseth hit back with a defiant tone, telling a congressman "shame on you".
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
These mutations lead to serious developmental challenges, including significant delays, low muscle tone, and hair loss.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
“The focus will be squarely on guidance, particularly any shift in tone around the timing of further tightening, confidence in achieving sustainably higher inflation, and tolerance for yen weakness,” StoneX’s Matt Simpson says in commentary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
At a welcome ceremony for the king and Queen Camilla at the White House, Trump struck a more appreciative tone, describing the relationship between the two nations as a centuries-old “cherished bond.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
He said it in that silly, teasing tone we’d been using this whole time, but he might as well have grabbed my heart and squeezed it in his fist.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Vocabulary lists containing tone
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 2
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Argumentative Writing
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