monotonal
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of monotonal
Example Sentences
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It may even be a deliberate effort to poke the book-banning bear of ultra-conservative revisionism, though the series is so monotonal it might have also been skewed downbeat to avoid controversy, while still picking scabs off wounds.
Owen studied Bogart’s speech patterns for the role, but he lacks his music; his portrayal is oddly static, his delivery so dry as to be almost monotonal.
From Los Angeles Times
He suggested lead character Sully is "monotonal" and said the film felt repetitive, adding: "Everything here is retread, restate, regurgitate."
From BBC
However, upon closer interrogation of the sound, some residents reported that the monotonal drone, a frequency hovering within the range of human speech, is particularly disturbing, given the attuned sensitivity of human ears to discern such frequencies above others.
From Scientific American
As he mills about his home, as he works, and eats, and bathes, it is there, a monotonal drone, a clatter unceasing, a constant, undesired companion to his life.
From Scientific American
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