"tone" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- His arrogant, petulant tone had disappeared, and in its place he sounded.
- Now he raised his voice, calling in that high, almost petulant tone, "Ballantyne!"
- Nature had gone to a lot of trouble for six words with a slightly petulant tone to them.
- He was sur- prised by the petulant tone in his voice.
- The petulant tone was back in her voice.
- She caught the petulant tone, hated it and herself.
- "Good god, you scared me," he said, forcing a petulant tone into his voice.
- "Glowbaskets are traditional," the woman said, and her petulant tone carried into the shadows beyond the table.
- "Talents don't work well this far north," he said, in the petulant tone of a child.
- "You are the first alien life we've encountered," he said, dropping the petulant tone.
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