tone
noun
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc..
well-toned
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a word derived from
tone.
Example Sentences
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Each picture is composed just so, to accentuate her best features: the long, swanlike neck; the well-toned midriff; the high, strong shoulders; the ramrod posture; and—this feels new—the gaunt cheeks and picture-perfect jawline.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2024
This is a wickedly acerbic vision of modern life, and Willa, 32, is a well-toned, cellulite-free queen of rage, trapped in a domestic life she loves and loathes.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2018
From her profile picture on Facebook, I could see she was tall, African American, with high cheekbones, well-toned arms and a huge smile.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 3, 2017
His well-toned abs and spot-on timing made him the perfect foil for Seth Rogen in the comedy Neighbors where he played a frat king who moves in next door to Rogen and his young family.
From Forbes ● Jan. 5, 2015
He had found the means of collecting some well-toned wind instruments to form an introduction, and produce the desired temper of thought and feeling.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Kuno Francke
