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

During the previous interview I was particularly struck by the low tonelessness of M. Stalin's voice � as if he felt the need of conserving every atom of energy for his gigantic task.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The hostility was gone from his voice; nothing remained but an even tonelessness.

From Ralestone Luck by Reid, James S.