Sentence examples for certain tones from inspiring English sources

Things do happen in a foreground sense: certain tones take the lead, rising and subsiding.

The phrase "beautiful woman," when enunciated in certain tones by certain haughty white women, undoubtedly means "ordinary-looking black woman".

She's so musical with her voice, she makes certain tones that you don't hear with everyday singers.

Hardy gave his heroine a symphonic range, and all an actress can do is pick out certain tones and strains — the fluted whimsy by which Bathsheba is occasionally stirred, or the brassiness of her anger.

She was born with fairly severe hearing loss in both ears, so she cannot hear certain tones, pitches or sounds, like "ch" and "th," even in her own voice, an impairment that for years she tried, quite successfully, to hide from anyone outside her family.

Consider the peculiar intensity of tenderness and desolation yielded by the image used for Emilio's lonely sister Amalia when she experiences her first fateful throb of emotion for his friend Balli: "Certain tones of that con versation echoed in her heart like the sound of bells in the desert..."...

A certain tone had been established.

Joan prolonged the name, with a certain tone of celebration.

At an art gallery, placing four condom cakes by the front door sets a certain tone.

Even "sweetheart" can sound nasty if uttered in a certain tone of voice.

She may also order rare ingredients, like pearl extracts in a certain tone, from specialty manufacturers.