Mr. Bush suggested that he regarded Mr. Rogers's actions as unseemly, but his acidic tone and stiff body language hinted at even stronger emotions.

Melissa White and Elena Urioste brought energy and an appropriately acidic tone to a movement from Prokofiev's Sonata for Two Violins (Op.

There was a brief silence, worthy of the arch, acidic tones in which the comment had been made.

On alto saxophone, he uses a biting, acidic tone.

Jackie McLean is simply one of the great musicians to come out of the 1950's and 60's, with an exploratory sensibility and one of the nastiest tones in jazz, acidic and burned.

Mr. Lake, an original member of the World Saxophone Quartet, claims Eric Dolphy as a principal stylistic father, in his acidic tone and the darting movements of his playing.

Later, it was picked up by Comedy Central, a much better fit for its acidic tone, but was pulled even from the cable outlet after just a few episodes.

Once more, Bellonda's acidic tones brought Odrade to full awareness of her surroundings.

A completely idiosyncratic performer who produced an acidic and searing tone, he was one of jazz's most expansive and coruscating improvisors.

In the late 1990's, as the city's trendier restaurants added ever more costly and exotic-sounding bottled waters to their menus, the term "Giuliani water" endured and took on a droll, mildly acidic tone.