She spoke in soft tones.
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Tones
/təʊnz/
Synonyms for "tones" (20 found)
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10 entriesadjustmentaudio engineeringauditory propertycolor attributecommunication stylediscoursemodificationprosodysignal processingstylistic feature
More specific
18 entriescalibrationequalizationfine tuningformal tonehuehumorinflectioninformal toneironyneutral tonepitchpitch contoursarcasmshadesound shapingtimbre
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Collocations
12 entriescool tonesearth tonesneutral tonesskin tonestonal balancetone colortone downtone mappingtone of voicetone upvocal toneswarm tones
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
9 entriesSample sentences
10 total sentences available.
What an unfailing barrier against vice, immorality and bad habits are those tastes which lead us to embellish a home, to which at all times and in all places we turn with delight, as being the object and the scene of our fondest cares, labours and enjoyments; whose humble roof, whose shady porch, whose verdant lawn and smiling flowers all breathe forth to us, in true, earnest tones, a domestic feeling that at once purifies the heart and binds us more closely to our fellow beings.
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Oh friends, not these tones!
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Therefore, E.T.A. Hoffman asserts: "Music is the most romantic of all arts, for its object is the infinite. It is the mysterious Sanskrit of nature, spoken in tones which fill up the soul of mankind with infinite yearning; and it alone lets us understand the songs of the trees, the flowers, the animals, the stones and the waters."
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