"tone" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He speaks English well, in a quiet, deferential tone.
- Lorgh continued to speak in the deferential tones of an aide.
- Trying for a deferential tone, one skier asked him to walk outside of the tracks.
- Kers answered with the same deferential tone Hari had known.
- Though he spoke only in the most deferential tones, Bluestone listened intently to the third man.
- "Stop here, ladies," he said, this time in a voice unlike the deferential, pleasant tone he'd used so far.
- To push for the money, the mayor shed some of his usual deferential tone toward Albany.
- Gone was its deferential, reverent tone- it had been replaced by suspicion and defiance.
- His deferential tone this weekend may come from a deliberate attempt to avoid appearing too eager.
- In most instances when a challenger takes on a leader, it is done with a cheeky or deferential tone.
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