Word Finder - monotone

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A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound.

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When Tima felt like her parents were treating her like a servant, she would speak in monotone and act as though she were a robot.

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A piece of writing in one strain throughout.

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To speak in a monotone.

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(of speech or a sound) Having a single unvaried pitch.

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Being, or having the salient properties of, a monotone function.

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The function f(x):=x^3 is monotone on \R, while g(x):=x^2 is not.

His answer was a monotone and a hug.

His voice was a monotone as he informed Carmen about Alex's condition.

Then he fell back into his monotone and said Alex had been in shock from blood loss when they got him to the hospital.

Use a black or monotone hummingbird image with a brightly colored image of a flower.

From a distance you could hear him talking loudly to himself in a strange, unearthly monotone.

If the dress is monotone, it can be hard to find an exact match.

Whether elegant or casual, monotone or brightly colored, the cake should blend with the wedding reception surroundings.

For a trendier look, try a monotone look of a black shirt under a black suit.

This will add just enough depth and dimension to really amp up even a monotone color.

In addition to maintenance, you'll want to avoid a monotone, overly processed blonde color.

These tattoos can be colorful or monotone, intricate or simplistic, realistic or stylized.

Cynthia gently prodded the woman until Edith Shipton began to relate her story, speaking in almost a monotone.

Howie related to us in his monotone voice the houses were not well numbered and it took some time before he was sure he'd found the correct location.

I utilized Quinn's precise red-marked settings and on the third try, Howie announced in his quiet monotone that he recognized the house!

He speaks in a deep-voiced monotone, but he is not perfunctory in his replies or self-evidently bored, as other players can be.

Indeed, his near-the-knuckle gags are largely only pardoned by his rhythmic, polite, almost monotone drawl.

He rushed to open a third story window after listening to hours of droning monotone on the Cardiff Bay Barrage Bill.

A low monotone or a high-pitched voice can be difficult to understand or grating to the ears.

Is this her way of turning herself into a dull monotone, freeing herself from my sterile posing?

A shrill monotone scream, which is often uttered by tight flocks flying round buildings at roof-top height.

These chic monotone pet bowls feature a personalized appliqué worthy of royalty.

Some with HFA may have very well developed vocabularies, but speak in an awkward, high pitched, or monotone style.

Whether you sport it over a solid-colored sheath dress or a monotone shirt and slacks ensemble, whatever you wear it over should be simple.

He was colour-blind to commonplace morality, and we are angry with him because he merged the hues of ethics in one grey monotone of politics.