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tone
noun as in pitch, volume
Strong matches
noun as in attitude, spirit
noun as in condition of the body
Strongest match
Strong matches
Example Sentences
Don’t mistake Kapadia’s tone for downbeat, though.
England subdued the atmosphere from the start, mixing calm possession with pace in attack, especially down the flanks, setting the tone for Carsley's finest night.
Mr Lumley said the jury would have to consider Mr Stockton's tone, adding: "Was he more concerned at times for his own health?"
Lennox, a Belfast native who previously worked on the Troubles-themed coming of age comedy “Derry Girls,” played an essential role in setting its tone which, though grim, is also inflected with dark humor.
There is a scientific hypothesis called the “original antigenic sin” that suggests that a person’s first exposure to a particular virus “may sort of kind of set the tone” for that person’s immune system going forward — so this worker’s first flu exposure may have provided his immune system with the defenses needed to suppress H5N1.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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