All present were astonished when she appeared not only to hear a whistle, but also an ordinary tone of voice.

He said in an ordinary tone, "Can you start that chopper?"

I asked him, as soon as we were far enough from the house for me to speak in ordinary tones.

Her reply was but a single word, delivered without emphasis, in a very ordinary tone.

"He was speaking in just an ordinary tone of voice."

In his ordinary tone of voice so Conn would know it.

"Take me to her," said the Savage, making an effort to speak in an ordinary tone.

I asked in my ordinary tone, speaking down to the face upturned exactly under mine.

If they spoke low, or even in the ordinary tone, conversation would be possible.

"Nor have I," answered the man in an ordinary tone.