Toned

Examples

• As she came to the last words, Miss Sharp's deep-toned voice faltered. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Not the least disguise toned down or shaded off that uncompromising fact in the landscape. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• A roar of deep-toned applause greeted this suggestion. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Wilfer to colour, Mrs Wilfer, from a corner (she always got into stately corners) came to the rescue with a deep-toned 'Per-fectly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mrs. Bulstrode was a feminine smaller edition of her brother, and had none of her husband's low-toned pallor. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Diana had a voice toned, to my ear, like the cooing of a dove. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• And as she played with skill, and had a well-toned voice, it was not disagreeable to listen to her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• When toned down again, the unimpeachable patriot appeared in the witness-box. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I said to Biddy we would walk a little farther, and we did so, and the summer afternoon toned down into the summer evening, and it was very beautiful. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The harmonies which you mean are the mixed or tenor Lydian, and the full-toned or bass Lydian, and such like. Plato. The Republic.
• Yes, an old English book--one that you like; and I will choose a part of it that is toned quite in harmony with something in you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• This deep-toned inquiry was cast forth into the night, for response from the menial in question. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The minds of the two girls being toned in harmony often chimed very sweetly together. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

Typed by Damian