He said all of this with the skeptical, knowledgeable tone of someone who has compared the relative perks of various luxury cars, which I don't doubt he has done, despite the fact that he was dressed almost identically to me, a non-car-buying person, in black jeans and a black crewneck sweatshirt, with a cloth belt so long that it nearly wrapped twice around his skinny waist.
He is a talented writer, and his tour of Greek culture is a triumph of popularization: extraordinarily knowledgeable, informal in tone, amusing, wide-ranging, smartly paced.
"We are sure he was malnourished since he was born," they now say in a knowledgeable but regretful tone.
The lovely young hostesses may catch the eye, but it is the knowledgeable, solicitous waiters who set the tone of the restaurant.
The most knowledgeable also seeks knowledge to become more knowledgeable.
Speaking in full, clear tones makes you sound more knowledgeable, and makes your voice much more pleasant to listen to.
Community and religious leaders should be prepared and knowledgeable, and exercise their own first amendment rights to set a moral tone for their constituents and speak out loud and clear against racism and bigotry.
Laurel Touby, founder and chief executive of Mediabistro.com, a Web site that offers services to media professionals, strives to strike the right tone in e-mail messages to her audience, which she describes as knowledgeable and "oversaturated" with marketing messages.
In addition to his knowledgeable commentary on issues of sustained interest to him, he has added a curious tone of anger that mostly finds its target in Microsoft competitors, most consistently Google.
"I am more senior, I am more experienced, I am more knowledgeable about the issues and more respected by my colleagues," Mrs. Johnson, in raised tones, told about 200 members of the American Association of Retired Persons.
Ms. Bachmann toned her rhetoric down a bit and offered herself as a competent, knowledgeable insider who would nonetheless carry on the fight against big government with the zeal of a Tea Party activist.
