tone
noun
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc..
Example Sentences
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Self is one of the few writers whose language and ideas are at constant war with the easy-access tonelessness churned out by many – though not all – of today’s “creative writing” industries.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2017
He had a strange lisp, and there was a . . . tonelessness to his voice.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
But he spoke with the tonelessness of a machine, a machine that pulsed to the will of a dictator, inhuman and inexorable!
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 by Bates, Harry
“Oh,” she said, with all the tonelessness of disinterest, and went on with her stitching.
From The Mutiny of the Elsinore by London, Jack
Her voice had lost its ring; there was a tonelessness about it which convinced Rupert that she had already heard what he had come to tell.
From Under False Pretences A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline
