Sentence examples for veiled tone from inspiring English sources
Now in his late 20s, Brendel junior is carving out a considerable reputation as a chamber-music player, to which his quiet, unobtrusive musicality and slightly veiled tone seem ideally suited.
One of Ravel's fellow students, René Kerdyk, recalled: "Fauré used to arrive at the class three quarters of an hour late... His state of reverie was, curiously enough, respected by his pupils, but eventually he would emerge from it and say, in his veiled tone of voice... 'Ravel, play us your Jeux d'eau'.
On Monday night she started her first of two sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden singing behind a scrim while casting a larger-than-life silhouette: a perfect reflection of the way she uses veiled tones and shadowy hints to draw listeners closer.
The collection had that slight "ode to the East" feeling, registered in beige and ivory tones and veiled dresses, but while some of the looks were appealingly soft, the hand was heavy.
The American embassy in Baghdad released an unprompted statement stressing its backing for a unified Iraq.Although relations between Kurds and Arabs are rarely sunny in Iraq, Mr Barzani's bitter tone and barely veiled threats to pull out of the government are new.
At teatime, would-be lovers exchange longing glances; mothers choose suitors for their daughters; and rivals trade veiled insults in polite, singsong tones.
But there was a subtle shift in Moscow toward a less confrontational tone, even as officials continued to slam U.S. sanctions as veiled attempts at gaining economic advantage.
The tone is indeed satiric, and much of the criticism of the government and war effort is veiled or hidden within literary criticism or even poetry.
His paintings reveal themselves slowly, bathed in tones that recall the magic half-light of dawn and dusk, where form and space are veiled in shimmering glimpses and murky pools.
In a thinly veiled dig at Farage's handling of the election debates, Carswell said: "At times, Ukip has failed to strike the right tone.
