"tone" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He said the last word in a tone usually reserved for some particularly filthy perversion, such as unconditional surrender.
- His voice softened to the coaxing tone reserved for stray dogs and women.
- "It's amilitary engine," she said, in a tone reserved for a not very bright four-year-old.
- In those areas, barbecue is often discussed in the same reverential tones usually reserved for religion.
- He said it in the tone usually reserved for an extra helping of dessert.
- When he spoke it was in the ingratiating tones usually reserved for idiots and children.
- No, but I heard they work,' they would say in a tone reserved for clients with unreasonable requests.
- "Poor Gage," she had said in tones usually reserved for those suffering terminal illness.
- 'Explain your meaning, my son,' his mother was saying in the disapproving tone generally reserved for others.
- "Don't copy me," Osaro snapped back in the tone historically reserved for little brothers.
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