How to use "tone" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "tone" in popular movie and book plots

  • Even she agrees that Lisa sometimes needs to tone down her attitude and just ask.  - Treehouse of Horror (The Simpsons episode)
  • With that discontent as the tone upon their arrival, Rama III heads back to deep space with its new payload.  - The Garden of Rama
  • The tone throughout is deliberately discursive and undramatic.  - The Beiderbecke Tapes
  • This angers and sexually frustrates Raj, who rapes his horrified bride, setting a tone of violence and humiliation for the marriage.  - Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
  • The tone of the first section is generally light-hearted satire, in contrast to the darker tone of later parts of the story.  - War with the Newts
  • This sets the tone for a final showdown between Cole and Russ.  - Days of Thunder
  • The distinctive location filming in the Napa Valley and the dry, wryly humorous tone of the scripts gave the series a personality of its own.  - Falcon Crest
  • In a laughing, familiar tone she tells him not to worry about all the IOUs as Rogozhin has bought them up.  - The Idiot
  • The TV series takes a more comedic tone than the OVA and involves much of the early unlucky coincidences from the manga.  - If I See You in My Dreams
  • This is followed by the only extended comical section of the cartoon, the tone of which is very light compared to the rest of the film.  - Education for Death
  • Withnail comes from a privileged background and sets the tone for the friendship.  - Withnail and I
  • This sets the tone for the rest of the novel, as Maurice feels removed from the depiction of marriage with a woman as the goal of life.  - Maurice (novel)
  • The tone silences the room, and the cream-covered crowd performs in a final number ("You Give a Little Love").  - Bugsy Malone
  • Still, the tone of the tale is not particularly moralistic.  - Seitsemän veljestä
  • Hud states his immunity to laws that inconvenience him, setting the tone of his overall demeanor.  - Hud (1963 film)
  • Nick's talent extends to programming the network using only a touch tone telephone.  - The Shockwave Rider

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