Sentence examples for off the tone from inspiring English sources

Steward has backed off the tone of that comment this week, conceding that the two uninspiring Lewis-Holyfield bouts last year were not his fighter's fault.

One was literal and not so well advised: the graphic throat slittings administered to several characters, which threw off the tone of the closing scene (and were not included in the finale's "Previously On" reel).

So that is the first thing that throws off the tone a little bit.

It's somewhat curious that Damian Lazarus and his Crosstown Rebels label were chosen to set off the tone for this new club.

But in their place we have the glowering Communist apparatchik, Gleb, who takes up entirely too much stage time, and throws off the tone and balance of the show.

Any gap between your finger and the hole will throw off the tone.

Try to use echo instead of delay, as echo effects "roll off" some of the high-end tone for a more vintage sound.

During trace conditioning, the conditioned stimulus (tone, 2-sec, 85 dB continuous tonic sound at 2800 Hz) was given and then followed by a 20-sec interval (after the off-set of the tone) before the unconditioned stimulus (a continuous 285-ms foot shock at 0.75 mA) was delivered in the shock chamber.

Mr. Allen, blessedly declining to cast himself as the romantic lead, appears to have shaken off the tone-deafness and compulsiveness that have marred his last three pictures.

If you are turned off by the tone or the level of sophistication, you can go to the next blog on the list.

To Murdoch, this is  proof it meant nothing; to the rest of us, this casual, off-the-books tone may be exactly what is so worrying.