Sentence examples for a surface tone of from inspiring English sources

By David Remnick A surface tone of conciliation, some argue, prevents political change in Charleston.

The surface tone of conciliation, Darby and many others believe, helps to smother the possibility of political change in places like Charleston.

I had walked through the city covered with treacherous hard-frozen snow and recalled Plath's "humorous" essay "Snow Blitz," written shortly before her death, in which her American impatience with English passivity and its attendant moral superiority kept breaking through the surface tone of amused detachment.

He began to use "surface tone," leaving a thin film of ink on parts of the plate instead of wiping it completely clean to print each impression.

The catalog failed to reveal the secret of the fascination exercised by a monochrome surface, toned or not.

Take a surface of glass.

While Cho had characterised their conversation as a "fight", the tone of the emails, on the surface at least, is more cordial.

"Then in a quieter tone of ink.

A vague tone of reproach predominates.

Maintain a respectful tone of voice.

Develop a friendly tone of voice.