Sentence examples for Predominant tone from inspiring English sources

The predominant tone was one of cautious approval.

The predominant tone is gray, with some silver and black for emphasis.

(Hitchens's predominant tone is quietly self-parodying. Even his farewells are ironic: "It's been real," "Stay cool").

But the predominant tone, established immediately by its M. C., the comedian and show business wag Bruce Vilanch, was brashly campy.

Small wonder then that among the vocalists who performed — the sopranos Harolyn Blackwell, Angela M. Brown and Nicole Cabell; the baritone Gregg Baker; the bass-baritone Eric Owens; the bass Kevin Maynor — the predominant tone was sober dignity.

But the predominant tone of opposition to the emerging Democratic health-care proposals, and to the President personally, came as a surprise to the White House and a profound shock to many who voted for Barack Obama last November.

That took him back to Bogotá; the book ends with its author, aged 28, leaving for Europe.Though the predominant tone is self-indulgent, Mr García Márquez does give glimpses of private torment.

I'll suspend judgement until I actually read the "Before Watchmen" books, but given that the predominant tone of Watchmen was that it was already too late, that the glory days were gone or never were, that we were already, in some ways, posthumous, the idea of the prequel seems the antithesis of the original's unique and unsteadying vision.