tone-setter
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It is the tone-setter for the three days of competition.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025
Head was fielding at cover when Sharma, the India’s skipper and tone-setter, went to launch Maxwell into the leg-side and sliced into the off-side.
From Washington Times • Nov. 19, 2023
So why not be something of a tone-setter?
From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023
Moving past that dramatic tone-setter, Vasquez asked Heard about various claims she’d made in direct testimony about injuries she said she suffered at Depp’s hands.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2022
“He’s definitely the Energizer Bunny. He’s the tone-setter and I think when I realized he was down it was just like ‘OK, I got to help pick the guys up.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2021
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