"Good tone means that a bell must be in tune with itself."

A higher tone meant it was time to water.

"It is much the same," the scribe said in a tone meant to dismiss the younger man.

"So was I," she answered in a tone meant to reassure, "but we did."

He knew that tone; it meant that the doctor was saving the worst for last.

"Something happened," the woman said, and her tone meant it wasn't something good.

That tone of voice always meant trouble would follow.

Increasing in its savagery, the Hawk's tone meant real business.

The theatrical tone usually meant Rama was up to something.

She knew he didn't understand a word she said, but her tone must have meant something.