tone
noun
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc..
will tone
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future tenseof tone.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Conservative leadership contender Kemi Badenoch has said she will tone down her approach – after some of her colleagues suggested she can be rude.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024
Asian stocks edged up on Monday on expectations that the Fed will tone down its expected rate hikes after this week's meeting.
From Reuters ● Oct. 31, 2022
Janice, halfheartedly gaslighting her, hopes that Eliza will tone it down.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2017
The third season finale of the Fox comedy airs Tuesday, and Mindy Kaling--the eponymous heroine at its center--promises the usually totally chatty show will tone it down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2015
First, as a form in repose, she will tone down savage life, and pave the way from feeling to thought.
From Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller by Schiller, Friedrich
