"tone" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Her questions were delivered in a uniformly calm, mildly contemptuous tone.
- He heard his own contemptuous tone, tried to modify it.
- With contemptuous tones he spoke rapidly and made a sweeping motion around the arena.
- The last was added in a contemptuous tone.
- The contemptuous tone of the words brought Isabel's head up.
- I hated the contemptuous tone she always used when addressing me.
- It was a tone of voice that had not been heard much at the congress so far, contemptuous and dismissive.
- Gats spoke the name in a low, contemptuous tone.
- In a proud, slightly contemptuous tone she said, "It would be a dishonest way to win.
- His contemptuous tone caused her to flush, but she did not drop her eyes.
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