a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting.
after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted.
from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome.
he began in a conversational tone.
he spoke in a nervous tone of voice.
it had the smell of treason.
Let's tone our muscles.
the Beijing dialect uses four tones.
the doctor tested my tonicity.
the feel of the city excited him.
the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw.
the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet.
the singer held the note too long.
The students chanted the same slogan over and over again.
the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely.
they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies.
tone a negative.
tone a photographic image.