The movie ends on a tentative upbeat note.

Poirot's voice held a sudden, tentative note.

He began on a tentative note.

The playwright seems unwilling to consider the character as a case for psychiatric treatment, ending the play on a more tentative note than necessary.

One could quibble with a portrayal that makes Violetta courtly and demure from the start or worry about a few tentative high notes.

A tentative note entered his voice.

Was that a faint, tentative note of respect in her voice?

But there was a tentative note; she'd never been injured in battle before.

In the silence that followed, a turtledove sounded a tentative note, then fell silent.

The Sydney stock market opened on a tentative note and edged lower in nervous trading while the dollar fell as dealers remained edgy.