Sentence examples for altering the tone from inspiring English sources

Some traditional art dealers have brought Modern and contemporary things, slightly altering the tone of the fair.

In the more complex variation called crossbanding, small pieces of veneer wood are fitted together within a surrounding framework in such a way that the grain changes pattern, thus altering the tone according to the light.

Panter-Downes described the scene in London: > People gathered in groups everywhere to talk of [the King's] … death, and then immediately of Elizabeth, without altering the tone of their voices, as though she, too had been struck down by some grave illness — the malady of sovereignty, which lasts a lifetime.

What he does is, from scene to scene, almost identical to what M. Emmet Walsh did as Loren Visser in the Coens' movie, but Mr. Sun has a quiet, deadpan manner that not only contrasts with Mr. Walsh's giggly, whispery menace but also has the effect of completely altering the tone of the story.

At Union Pool on Tuesday night, early in the band's second song — "Master Failure" — Kat brought the microphone to her face with both hands, enveloped two small fists around it and began a deep, dreadful growl, altering the tone with the shape of her mouth, something like yawwheeawhhhheee.

It's made so one can record each string differently and add EQ, effects and/or dynamics on each separate track without altering the tone of the guitar.

The change in leadership did not alter the tone at the top of the company.

Television has of course greatly altered the tone of the briefing.

"We were afraid that having him might alter the tone of the celebration," Sam said.

Going off script, even slightly, can alter the tone of an exchange.

And, as in New England, summer-home gentrification has altered the tone.