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
The calm assurance of the man fanned her rising anger, and, when she answered, her voice was low and steady, with the tonelessness of forced control.
From The Gun-Brand by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
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 Adeline Sergeant
But when she had sufficiently marked the fact that she wasn't there to answer questions she said, with that same hard tonelessness, "I don't know who'd tell her."
From The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins
