Did you see that?", in a dry tone, reply something along the lines of, "No, I paid $12.50 to stare at the ceiling".
I wish I could say that Half.com's subtly bullying tone ("reply with history") was out of line.
What tone?" I replied, looking to Karen for support.
And in an even tone, I replied that I understood, closing my eyes in my cubicle to contemplate the new phase of life I was entering.
In measured tones, Mitchell replied, "We believe that the statements provided to us were truthful".
Hearing from one of the murderers he has hired that Banquo lies dead in a ditch, with 20 gashes in his head, Mr. Cumming uses the same offhand tone to reply, "Thanks for that".
Then, in what I imagine to be a cynical, world-weary tone, Pilate replies, "What is truth?" Jesus says nothing in response, and Pilate's question is left hanging — an open query in the middle of John's rendering of the Passion.
Apparently, she felt she was being belittled, and she didn't like Michelle's tone of voice, a complaint to which Michelle could easily have replied: what tone of voice?
Mr. Cuccinelli replied, "Your tone suggests you're a little upset with me.
A sound engineer recorded the exchange: The police shouted twice: "Where's your friend?" Each time she replied, her tone frantic: "It's not my friend".
