"tone" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- She glanced up sharply, being equally disturbed by his choice of words and the blunt tone he had used to say them.
- "I thought you'd soon wake up," spoke Croom in that blunt tone of his.
- It occurred to him that he might consider, at future times, relaying the formal words in this blunt tone.
- Then, in blunt tone, he retorted: "Last night seemed more of a deadline to me."
- 'People have said the fans hero worship me but I don't like that term,' he says in his customary blunt tones.
- "Do not be," the baron said in blunt tones.
- Still, the top officials from both companies offered conciliatory comments, in contrast to the blunt tone of the letter.
- The Speaker maintained this same blunt tone in his talks with Chinese leaders.
- "It's not the presentation," she said, her tone cold and blunt.
- "I am very sorry," the girl declared, in a tone so blunt that it belied the statement.
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