Sentence examples for tricky tone from inspiring English sources

Obviously all of these programmes would benefit from a glimmer of light here and there, but it's a tricky tone to get right.

He felt that it would be easier to play the role himself than to direct another actor to strike the "tricky tone" required, and to ensure that the character remained likeable despite his bad qualities.

Ultimately, Morgan may have misfired because of that tricky matter of tone.

Movies like Mr. Solondz's, which depend on tricky nuances of tone, can often shape-shift on repeated viewings, or even just in memory.

Director Lebano is both faithful to Ayckbourn's play and imaginative in his execution, guiding the ensemble through the tricky shifts in tone throughout the play.

But finding the right tone is tricky.

It attracts fewer revivals than Shakespeare's play, and that may be because its tone is tricky.

Without the aid of body language, or being able to read facial expressions, it can be tricky to decipher the tone of a communication.

"The tone was tricky, and we didn't end up in the right place," Chang wrote Sunday on Twitter.

Mr. Meyer's "Canon," originally for bass and banjo, started off with a wistful whole-tone theme, which swelled to fast, intricate whorls in a tricky time signature.

"It can be tricky to find a shade for brown skin tones that doesn't look chalky or ashy.