The no-nonsense tone of the report is set by its cover, which has no artwork or illustrations.

You have to look them in the eye and use a no-nonsense tone of voice.

"Absolutely, yes," she said in such a no-nonsense tone that for a moment he almost believed it.

She attempted to break through his intense mood with her no-nonsense tone.

Her voice had that no-nonsense tone of a woman in charge.

"Back to the village," he said in his no-nonsense tone.

He started to speak again in the same tough, no-nonsense tone, but something in her eyes stopped him.

Her voice was low, in the quiet, no-nonsense tone he had come to recognize.

Someone was ordering in no-nonsense tones that she be given air.

It was something in that positive, no-nonsense tone of his.