Ultimately, Gilder asked both Burnett and Hay to tone down the objectionable aspects of their work.
I find nothing objectionable about the pope's moralizing tone and language of "sin". But his skepticism about market-based solutions to climate change is rooted in a misunderstanding.
What's objectionable about Trump's tweets is the menacing tone, as if he alone can rule on what speech is acceptable and what is not.
He found the tone and tenor of the pamphlet objectionable, the idea that being in the Labour party was inconsistent with supporting workers involved in disputes or a campaign to save a hospital.
I think and believe, based on what I know about you so far, that you're broad-minded enough to understand that America is bigger than the Bronx, it is bigger than South Carolina". The questioning from Graham contained the type of lecturer's tone that Sotomayor's defenders found so objectionable when the two squared off on Tuesday.
The movie is not objectionable – it's very affectionate, and has a light comic tone – but it is insufferable.
The semitones are considerably less than half the whole tones in size, but this is not particularly objectionable in a melody.
The closer your hand is to the light source the higher the tone and with a little practice you, too, can create the jarring, objectionable sound of the theremin in your own home or jail cell.
There is nothing terribly objectionable about "Tucker's Witch" except that the producers do seem to be uncertain about settling on a cohesive tone.
When the manuscript was finally cleared for publication, much of the objectionable material had been removed; nevertheless, Beaverbrook used the Daily Express to campaign against the book and denounce its hostile tone.
The President took on a preacher's tone and cadence that he often uses when he talks to black audiences, a rhetorical mirroring that strikes some as objectionable.
