| 单词 | toneless |
| 例句 | Her voice was bland, toneless, no clues there. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The machines talk as they print out the prayers; if you like, you can go inside and listen to them, the toneless metallic voices repeating the same thing over and over. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, don’t you worry about that,” Yossarian comforted him with a toneless snicker as the engines of the jeeps and ambulance fractured the drowsy silence and the vehicles in the rear began driving away backward. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He said, “Yes, ma’am,” and his voice was toneless. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z When he answered his voice was neutral and toneless. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z His collar was open and his clothes disordered; his voice was flat and toneless. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Even while they played the game, the older little girl started to sing a toneless song, one children sang when they chose sides for games. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Here the musicians begin the work with toneless scraping that gradually coalesces into musical form. Cecilia String Quartet find harmony in disorder at Stradivari Anniversary Concert 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z “E-mail has such a flattening effect: it’s toneless and affectless,” he said. Cultural Studies: Talking (Exclamation) Points 2011-07-01T20:53:51Z Yet there was enough similarity of style and feeling among the three ballets — loose, sweeping, dreamy — that the effect grew somewhat toneless after a while. Review | San Francisco Ballet takes the Kennedy Center stage with six bold new works 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z "The mourning started way before he died because he knew he was going," she says, her voice quiet and toneless. Happy to be melancholy 2011-04-02T23:02:01Z I read my daughter books in a toneless, distant voice, ruminating furiously. What's Wrong with the Mommy Track? 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Actors portraying violinists hold instruments in ways that would generate a toneless screech if they were actually playing. Finally, A Non-Embarrassing Classical-Music Scene in a Blockbuster Movie 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z My joints are stiffening and my arteries are hardening while the rest of my pallid, toneless body looks like it’s melting. Getting fit in middle age: a marathon addict, a couch potato and others share their pain 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Instead of the unfired, fossil-like blend of clay and cement the artist usually employs, these toneless statues are of urethane foam coated with licks of matte industrial paint. A Mini-Met-Mashup on the Museum’s Roof, With Summer Views 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The mashup of Egyptian antiquities, Japanese ceramics and American marbles is occasionally surprising but more often toneless. Art and Museums in NYC This Week 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z It is a characteristically toneless, enigmatic claim, placed before his followers on a take-it-or-leave-it basis. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger ? review 2011-03-17T22:00:01Z The end — long seconds of toneless evocation of breathing — was as delicate as music gets. Music Review: Meitar Ensemble at Roulette 2013-04-19T21:24:58Z The music seethes sadly at this, but the dissonance passes through a sublime moment of consonance — courting sunshine — before drifting back into tension, then transpiring upward into pure shimmer, almost toneless. Review: A Composer Creates Her Masterpiece With ‘Innocence’ 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Publicly, she remained above party politics, always attending the state opening of Parliament but delivering the “Queen’s Speech” outlining the government’s agenda in the toneless accents expected of a politically neutral sovereign. Queen Elizabeth has died. She reigned longer than any British monarch since her great-great-grandmother 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z She raised her hand slowly and spoke with a toneless anger. Wanted: Public servants for thankless jobs. OK, who’s in? | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z But that didn’t matter, murmured Beal in his baritone which predictably grows toneless and even deeper following tough losses. Long labeled ‘injury prone,’ playing all 82 games means something more to Bradley Beal 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z His body language when he first acknowledged the shooting: toneless inflection, looking away from the camera, looking slightly annoyed. Trump Suggests Teachers Get a ‘Bit of a Bonus’ to Carry Guns 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “Love,” he went on toneless, “what about you an’ me getting married? The Novelist of Human Unknowability 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Her delivery is toneless, as if she were trying to induce her audience into shifting its attention elsewhere. The Astonishing Rise of Angela Merkel 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Take my piano, a hybrid Yamaha AvantGrand, with its full acoustic piano action and sampled piano sounds: Unplug the thing and it’s just a toneless, thumping assemblage of plastic, metal and wood. Turn It Off! The National Day of Unplugging Is Upon Us 2013-03-02T00:35:29Z Her voice was as toneless as the district attorney's had been. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z "Yes," he said in his peculiarly toneless manner. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z "The room is ready," he said, and his voice was toneless. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z Other musicians, before whom I bow, have been guided in the first toneless symbols and effects of tone by the hand, the voice, the brain of women; but they have generally been famous women. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z "Didn't you know the picture before?" she said, in a low, toneless voice. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z The voice that came back over the wire was a toneless whisper. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z I think," said the toneless, even voice of Jachin Fell, "that all of you gentlemen had better be very careful to say only what you have seen—and know. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z This place is insipid, yet soothing—very bosky and sedative and admirably arranged, � l'allemande—but with excessive and depressing heat just now, and a toneless air at the best. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z “Eva is engaged to marry Mr. Macteith,” she said in a toneless voice, and rose to go—to go before she broke down, fainted, became hysterical, or went mad. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z Caroline's voice was almost toneless, but there was a look of wonder and awe in her face, as of one who is standing on the edge of some undiscovered country, of some virgin wilderness. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z "Situations sometimes arise," he remarked in a toneless voice, "where the results desired, even if they do not justify the means employed, at least render legal opinions superfluous." Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z "Seconded and carried by a two-thirds vote of stockholders," chirped Fell in his toneless voice. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z That big face suddenly became a hideous, sickly white, toneless and opaque like the belly of a sole. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z "I know what you mean," she said in a toneless voice. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z As for his voice, it was thin and toneless, like the notes on his improvised fiddle, on which he played incessantly. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z "The robber on the wheel?" repeated Aas� in a soft, toneless voice, and without changing her mien or posture--"he is now in the black pit, and calls on King Erik Christopherson." The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z "You were the original Midnight Masquer," said Fell in his toneless voice. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z His heavy footsteps were pounding the second flight of steps before a voice broke the hush in the stuffy little room, a voice faint and toneless, dim and passionless. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z "I fare well here, only I feel symptoms of ill health," said Schoppe, with lustreless eye and toneless voice. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z The yes in question was a rapid, toneless, cold yes, being merely meant for a "What then," or "Suppose I did." Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z In the pit I see robbers--murderers--ravishers!" she said, at length, in the same whispering, toneless voice: "there are kings, princes, and bishops among them. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z "What means all this mystery and melodramatic action, Gramont?" demanded Jachin Fell, a slight sneer in his eyes, his voice quite toneless. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z "So you knew all the time about Luce and me being married?" she said in a toneless voice, when she had presently mastered herself. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z When applied over the slip, the glaze ranges from lemon to a toneless brown-yellow, or, at best, a sparkling butter color. North Devon Pottery and Its Export to America in the 17th Century 2011-05-14T02:00:10.023Z Hall could feel the low, toneless laugh in the Asturian's throat. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z Alix, wandering over it with Daphne, who held meetings, found it grey, toneless, faintly-hued, wintry, with larks carolling over the chalky downs and brown ploughed fields. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z Doctor Ansley, an Iverness flung over his evening clothes, entered the lounge room, and Fell turned to him with a dry, toneless chuckle. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z The voice that had spoken to me from Toronto was no more than a vibration of the wire, thin and toneless. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z The man's voice was curiously flat and toneless. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z The guard rolled his eyes up in silent rebellion and repeated in a toneless voice. Sense of Obligation 2011-02-09T03:00:52.337Z There was regret in his tired, toneless voice, and bitterness, because the points on which Lyle would back out were all points which he had made. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z "The Masquer is a piker," observed Fell, in his toneless voice. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z "I do not dare to decide as to whether you are right, gracious lady," said the Prince in a toneless voice, after a brief silence. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z Except for the usually dominant Strong, whose oddly toneless role gives him little room for nuance, everyone has a fairly complex character to inhabit and does so without italicizing every gesture into camp. Kick-Ass: Redefining the Superhero 2010-04-16T08:50:00Z "Yes, I will," she said in a toneless voice. The Undying Past Once she moved her lips as if to speak, but the words died away in a toneless gurgling. The Wish A Novel "I seen them spots yesterday," said Spruce, slowly, in a toneless voice, "but I wouldn't believe they was typhoid spots, nor they ain't!" Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play "No," replied Dorothy in a toneless voice, "he's going away on business." John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall His voice sounded toneless and more tired than ever as he spoke of his childhood. Leerie With a murmured word Bella lifted Jetty in both hands to her cheek, and on the cold breast and toneless throat the tears fell—Bella's first real tears. Fairfax and His Pride Then she let her hands drop from her face, looked at me with great terror-stricken eyes, and asked in a perfectly toneless voice: 'You want to go to the churchyard with me?' The Wish A Novel A voice, toneless and strangely muffled, spoke from within. Black Amazon of Mars “Are you at the hatch?” the toneless voice came, drifting and eddying through the corridors of the ship. Mr. Spaceship The surgeon’s voice was quite toneless; he seemed to shrink and grow old while they watched him. Leerie In the same toneless voice, he called his men. The Legion of Lazarus His speech was slow, his words toneless and deliberate. Warrior of the Dawn Halfred Hamundson," she began--and her voice was loud, yet toneless--"Answers I demand to two questions, before these ten hundred hearers in thy hall. Saga of Halfred the Sigskald A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century Then, mixed with the sputter, almost lost in it, a voice came, toneless, without inflection, a mechanical, lifeless voice from the metal speaker in the wall, above their heads. Mr. Spaceship "Stone and iron," he said, in a toneless voice. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 "Good afternoon, Joseph," said Mr. Hearty at length in his toneless voice, that always seemed to come from somewhere in the woolly distance. Adventures of Bindle It was not long after this," he resumed, still with that toneless monotony of voice, "that I began my life-work. When the Cock Crows She said it all in a voice shocked into toneless wonder. The Old Die Rich “I can do—everything,” the dry, toneless voice came from the wall speaker. Mr. Spaceship The songs which I held so high before, sounded toneless and weak, unworthy the feeblest learner; and yet, befooled by a vain presumption, I burned to outvie you all. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. "Hymns?" enquired Mr. Hearty in a toneless voice. Adventures of Bindle He spoke to her in a toneless voice. When the Cock Crows "You are the first person I have encountered in this place who has not shuttered at the sight of me," he said in a toneless voice with an accent that was outside the standard repertoire. My Fair Planet "This must be the source of the lava flow when the whale's hump is in eruption," said Drew in a toneless voice. Doubloons—and the Girl "You think bad of me, then?" she queried in a curiously toneless voice. Aliens No one moved, but all hung, with parted lips, upon the next words that strange, toneless voice might utter. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 From the head abruptly came a voice—a deep, hollow, queerly toneless voice, utterly, unmistakably mechanical. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Warner began to read in his low, toneless, but distinct voice. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 When they moved it was languidly, when they spoke it was with brevity, in tired, toneless voices. The Monk of Hambleton His face was inscrutable as ever, his eyes fathomless, his voice flat and toneless. The Pathless Trail Carse leaned musing in a corner of the control cabin, oblivious to the well-meaning but toneless voice with which Ban Wilson, at the electelscope was butchering a song. The Passing of Ku Sui A mockery of a human man—but in the toneless voice there seemed irony! Astounding Stories, May, 1931 By this time Lord Hunsdon was talking into Anne’s ear and she could hear nothing of the conversation opposite, although now and again she caught a syllable from a low toneless voice. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 Earthling," he said in his toneless voice, "I have decided to tell you of our intentions. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 In paintings, they are commonly toneless, crude, and wanting in depth and transparency; but in drawings, some very � 19. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) "Tell the others," he said in a cold, toneless voice, "that Mr. Ninian ... has been killed in France!" Changing Winds A Novel The bandit's hollow, toneless, unreal chuckle sounded in the gruesome lurid green of the control room. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 A queer, toneless voice asked, "Worth sent you to me—a detective—with this?" The Million-Dollar Suitcase But he seemed dazed and dull, and when Ribiera began to ask questions he babbled his answers in a toneless, flat voice. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 "And they will collect another inhabitable place," she said, her voice flat and toneless. Old Rambling House It was a mere toneless wheeze, but breathing deep of brute strength. The Crevice But there was mainly silence and darkness, and in it the five men, parleying close together in toneless whispers. The Affair of the Brains Long pauses came between each of these remarks; they were uttered in toneless and monotonous voices. Monday or Tuesday "I am not going on a journey," he said, in a toneless, even voice, which seemed to come from a grave. A Bride of the Plains "Yes, Doctor," she said in a toneless voice as she turned and left the room. Poisoned Air In contrast to Mrs. Shelley's toneless voice Eric heard again Barbara's abrupt, startling cry, "You're hopeless, hopeless!"—just before she collapsed limply on the sofa and cried about something which she would not explain.… The Education of Eric Lane It was a dead voice, toneless, emotionless, mechanical. The Affair of the Brains His voice was curiously toneless, and his face haggard. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 But she spoke, in a flat toneless voice. A Man to His Mate His face was set and stern, and his voice hard and toneless. Hepsey Burke In the ensuing silence Barbara's voice, suddenly toneless, came back to him. The Education of Eric Lane "All right," his toneless voice came back at last. The Affair of the Brains The brain must always work with the fingers, and without the sound of the piano the imagination must be enormously stretched to get anything more than the most senseless, toneless, soulless touch. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression She told you in that dull, toneless voice of hers how sturdy he had been, how strong and masterful—how pretty, too, with his plume of fair hair tumbling into his big, shining, grey eyes! The Dop Doctor “Do you mean lost at sea?” she asked, in a steady voice—toneless but perfectly clear. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 But the foreground of this toneless setting vibrated with life, movement, colour. Captain Desmond, V.C. Grey walks, Mossy stones, Copper carp swimming lazily, And beyond, A faint toneless hissing echo of rain That tears at my heart. Japanese Prints All the youth and joy had gone out of his voice, leaving it flat and toneless. Captain Jim For weeks these toneless songs stirred within the bird; at last, the holy Christmas-time approached. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales She could almost hear that poor, tired, toneless voice of his, that was yet so deep and so perfectly accented.... The Rose-Garden Husband Next day, therefore, she stopped for quite a long time at Joan's bed, talking in her toneless, high voice. To Love But the toneless rejoinder was innocent of rancour. The Convert "I have taken his jewellery," she said in her toneless voice. A Sheaf of Corn But now the black was changed to a flat and toneless white in which there was never the least variation. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 "You have such burdens, dear," she said, and he noticed that her voice had acquired the toneless sweetness of her mother's. Virginia It was he who presently broke the silence, and his voice was quite steady when he spoke, though perhaps a trifle more toneless, more dead, than usual. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days There was a hush of coming snow in the air, and the sky was covered by a toneless, impending cloud. The Dark Tower "What is it that you wish to hear from me?"—he uttered, in a toneless voice. A Nobleman's Nest It was a strange voice which spoke: a voice so hoarse, so toneless, that the fat little man trembled, recalling in a flash the stories of witches' transformation into ravening wolves or terrible demons. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Her throat gurgled; she faltered, but she spoke at length in the toneless voice of one who speaks in sleep. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Here he suddenly felt the toneless; he had the feeling one might have on looking at a deep-sea fish: it is lifeless, toneless. The Goose Man A gentle birr, like the distant note of a toneless beetle, insinuated itself into their dreams. The Return of Blue Pete "Natalie!" he muttered, still in the toneless voice of one who sleeps. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest But her voice sounded toneless and dull, as of one who speaks in a dream. "Unto Caesar" "I think I'll go back to bed, mother," she said in the same toneless voice. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Spindler found a peculiar happiness in nourishing a passion whose development struck him as a reward for his many years of toneless isolation. The Goose Man The song was coarse and toneless, but he knew no other way of voicing it, and she noted nothing of its crudeness. The Return of Blue Pete Then he sang this song, in a low and almost toneless voice, uttering the notes rather than vocalising them. The Green Carnation It was very dear to her, yet the toneless voice gave a strange unreality to the tender words. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance In a weak and toneless voice she kept on telling them to do as they thought hest. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 “Will you help me back?” she said to the doctor, her voice quite flat and toneless; “I am horribly tired.” The Squirrel-Cage At length Bill's lips moved and he started slightly at the weak, toneless sound of his own voice. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest It listened to the sound of her voice; and as, each day, the voice grew more vague, more weak and toneless, an anxiety that made me exult dawned and deepened in its blue eyes. The Return Of The Soul 1896 His deep, almost toneless, singing struck me as a dead, flat, wooden echo of Jacob's voice. The Shadow World The Queen said in a toneless voice, "We ride for Blackfriars now." Chivalry "Sorry, sir, you didn't ask me," was the toneless reply. Pushed and the Return Push Bill's lips moved and the words of his toneless voice fell upon her ears like the dry rustle of dead husks. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest She remembered, with blinding clearness, the afternoon that Rose had come into her kitchen to say in a quiet, toneless voice, “They think, Anna, that they will have to take off his foot.” Good Old Anna "One year!" she repeated, and it seemed to me her voice was toneless. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance "Come, then," said the other, in a toneless voice, unlike her own. The Lion's Mouse Methods vary greatly as to the length of time devoted to toneless drills in breathing and breath-control. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern "I'm pretty well," returned Prince, in a toneless voice. On the Stairs "Not quite," answered the girl in a listless, toneless voice. A Mating in the Wilds "And you, Mynheer," he went on, in the same toneless voice, "from where do you come to this shore?" The Spinner's Book of Fiction "How strong you are," she said, in the toneless voice of a sleep-walker. The Great Amulet As in the "opposed muscular" system, the initial exercises are toneless drills in breathing. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern The sphere seemed to flow, and was a disc two feet across as Arcot's toneless voice of concentration continued. Invaders from the Infinite It reminded him more of a baby's toneless cooing of joy, and yet it had a rhythm to it, too, and both joy and pathos in its cadence. The Mermaid A Love Tale You see, I don't sleep much any more, Jemmy," the old, toneless voice went on, "and hardly any at night. While Caroline Was Growing "I am angry—I have a right to be angry," she answered in the same toneless voice. The Great Amulet They consist mainly of toneless yawning, of single tones "yawned out" on a free exhalation, and of descending scale passages of the same type. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern You are right, my child," said the baron, with a toneless voice; "it is possible that the danger may not yet be imminent. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag He was speaking in a voice toneless, dispassionate, but weighted with finality. Where the Sun Swings North He knew that the Bostonians had been drawn thither, for the hot weeks, by its sedative influence, by the conviction that its toneless air would minister to perfect rest. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) She began to speak, in a toneless, unemotional voice, raising her finger and pointing at a ring which Ferrara wore. Brood of the Witch-Queen They generally devote a portion of every lesson to toneless muscular drills, and insist that their pupils practise every exercise in singing, with special attention to the throat action. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern "I'm going down now," she said, in a toneless voice. The Guests Of Hercules "He hasn't any name," she said, not suddenly, but in a dull, toneless voice. The Woman's Way The man from the mirror spoke with a flat, toneless voice. Star Hunter She repeated the words after him still in that even somewhat puzzled quiet which was, for her, almost toneless. A Pagan of the Hills Example 1: The student takes a few preliminary toneless breaths. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern It was these voiceless spectres of a voice long dead that stirred the transparent silence, intoning toneless tones. In Search of the Unknown "He is quite well, now, my lady," replied the girl, in a low, toneless voice. The Woman's Way Her toneless "Yes" in response to his original observation betrayed her utter lack of interest in the subject. The Land of Promise Johnny, of course"—his voice was very carefully toneless—"wouldn't do anything useful. Operation: Outer Space In the whole scheme of modern Voice Culture, toneless muscular drills consume only an insignificant proportion of the time devoted to lessons. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern Polychromacy was to a certain extent justified on terra-cotta, to soften the toneless colour of the clay, and on wood it served a purpose in hiding the cracks of a brittle substance. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres His voice, now, was toneless, emotionless, as though his part in the critical operation about to be performed were that of a spectator. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor Over this raw red and toneless drab surface crawled, on narrow tracks, little wagons, drawn by plodding old horses, guided by plodding men. The Debtor A Novel Again he spoke with the toneless accent of a man who has not heard his own voice for years, for whom the soundless world is like an abode of silent shades. Tales Of Hearsay Considerable practice and close attention are required in order to hold back the breath in toneless breathing exercises. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern His high voice, toneless and flat, echoed vainly over the heads of the throng, where some knelt in a passion of prayer, but most stood talking aloud. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 "I haven't appreciated you sufficiently, Sally," she said in a toneless voice. Sally Bishop A Romance "Diana"—he spoke again, still in the same toneless voice—"am I to be forbidden even the outskirts of your life now?" The Splendid Folly "What say, dear?" responded a low and quite toneless voice—the voice of the very deaf. Mrs. Red Pepper There is no connection between artistic singing and the practice of toneless breathing exercises. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern "Good-by!" she said simply, in a dull, toneless voice. The Gun-Brand Pausing, P. Sybarite met November's glare with eyes informed with an expression amazingly remote and dispassionate, and in a level and toneless voice addressed him. The Day of Days An Extravaganza Instead she rocked herself gently to and fro, crooning in the toneless cracked voice of the native woman who tends a white child and loves it. Leonie of the Jungle His voice had become so impersonal that it was toneless. One Man in His Time Teachers usually require their pupils to obtain command of this action as a toneless exercise before permitting them to apply it to the production of tone. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern "Farewell!" she said, in a rather toneless voice. The Pilot and his Wife "He cherishes some theory," said Mr. Greenough in his most toneless voice, "that a newspaper ought to be conducted solely in the interests of people like himself." Success A Novel Morris gave the desired information in a tired, toneless voice, and we departed. The Green Eyes of Bâst The muscular system is here so weakly developed and so toneless that the posture is determined by the bony structure and its ligamentous attachments. The Nervous Child His voice was unnatural—a little hoarse, and quite toneless. The Necromancers "You would?" said his father, in a rather toneless voice, and looking at him as if some new idea had been suggested to him by the boy's reply. The Pilot and his Wife It lay, flat and toneless, upon the desk, the chairs, the floor; it streaked the walls. Success A Novel He spoke in the tired, toneless voice of a man stating for the thirty-first time an obvious and uninteresting fact. The Belfry These showed more vivid for that toneless setting; they dominated her face. The Divine Fire It has been very difficult—there were circumstances—so many circumstances——" He sighed and finished on the toneless parrot-note of the street orator: "My next meeting will be at Marble Arch, 3 p.m., on Tuesday. The Dark House And swallowing that lump in her throat, she achieved a toneless, "That is what I am going to do." The Fortieth Door "One must distinguish between a necessity and a caprice," Madame Kandurin answered in a toneless voice. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories "You reject me with disdain?" she asked in a toneless voice. The Youth of the Great Elector To McClane's assertion of the fact she had no response beyond that toneless acquiescence. The Romantic "God," she said simply and—marvel of marvels—her usually toneless voice was athrob with love—"God is good!" The Island of Faith The chords of my soul become relaxed and toneless when I think of all possibilities. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle "Like that," he repeated in a stunned toneless voice. The Soul of a Child A dull, toneless voice sounded in the Master's ears. The Flying Legion "You would denounce me?" he murmured, and the cry—choked and toneless—could scarce rise from the dry parched throat. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk The Queen said in a toneless voice, “We ride for Blackfriars now.” Chivalry "You don't remember me," he said in a toneless voice. Enoch Soames: a memory of the eighteen-nineties He spoke mostly in a toneless drawl, that sometimes turned into a shrill whine, but also at rare intervals could change into a soft, heart-winning purr. The Soul of a Child "I don't know what to answer, or who Terence Hewet is," Helen continued, in the toneless voice of a ghost. The Voyage Out You want to substitute for both the art of toneless squeaking! The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II "In my traveling bag," the girl told him in a toneless voice. The Black Bag Her stillness had a curious quality of detachment; she seemed held in a spell, her eye, suddenly encountered, blank and vacant; even her voice was toneless. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California "Who are you?" the girl demanded sullenly, in a voice a little harsh and toneless. The Fortune Hunter "He—he is my husband," she said, in a toneless voice. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking The last words I heard from her, in her anxious care for me, were a whispered: "Will you call me!" and once more when her voice had grown toneless her lips formed the word: "Call!" The Bride of Dreams She ended with a toneless laugh, in which my brother joined. The Flight of the Shadow "And you are not afraid to trust me with this money?" he asked, his voice toneless. The Sisters-In-Law Then Marschner nodded his head almost imperceptibly, and said in a toneless voice: "You shall have it in writing." Men in War "Where is she?" he said in the toneless voice of one who talks in his sleep. The Christian A Story But up in the heights soughed the everlasting song, the voice of the air, the distant, toneless humming which is never silent. Hunger But he answered quietly, in the same toneless voice: "No, I am not married." The Shadow of the East His voice had fallen from its bullying key to a toneless melancholy. Mrs. Day's Daughters When he did, his voice sounded dead—flat and toneless. The Vision of Desire All the woodwork was varnished brown, the hangings were of dull brown velvet or dark tapestry, the carpets toneless. The Nest Builder Into the audience hall by the fathomless abyss where swells up the music of toneless strings I shall take this harp of my life. Gitanjali "Sir," said he in his soft and toneless voice, "the groom is below; shall you ride or drive this morning?" Peregrine's Progress He spoke at length in the same level, toneless voice. The Sheik The low, toneless confession with its quiet immolation of self…. The Vision of Desire His voice dropped on her aching heart with the toneless weight of finality. Anne Severn and the Fieldings "Oh, I suppose it'll be all right," he said, in a toneless voice. Right Ho, Jeeves "Horse, sir?" he repeated, a note of interest in his usually toneless voice. Peregrine's Progress There was no uncertain note in the answer; if anything, there was in it more than the usual toneless decision. The Magnetic North But the words had a dead and toneless sound. The Seven Who Were Hanged Occasionally it reaches the simple, rhythmic prose of the passage quoted above, but generally it is somewhat abrupt and a little toneless. The Coverley Papers "It is virtually finished," repeated McKay in his toneless, unaccented voice which carried such terrible conviction to the other man. In Secret His voice was heavy and toneless as a muffled bell. Short Stories for English Courses At last she made an effort to speak, and in a toneless, even voice she contrived to murmur: “You are not going for long, Citizen-Deputy?” I Will Repay "It all rests with Warren," she said presently, half-aloud, and in a toneless, passive voice. The Heart of Rachael And Good Mother gave the sweet toneless laugh of the religious. The Story of Julia Page Virginia, kneeling by her mother, repeated over and over again, in an even and toneless voice, "Oh God, spare her—Oh God, spare her!" Saturday's Child "You brought the flute?" she said, in that toneless, melancholy, unstriving voice of hers. Aaron's Rod "You were always a headstrong, wicked girl!" he said now, in a toneless dry voice, hardly above a whisper. Martie, the Unconquered "Yes, they were delighted," Magsie responded still in such a lackadaisical, toneless, and dreary manner that Rachael glanced at her in surprise. The Heart of Rachael The man with the toneless voice says to us in French, "We surrender," and they do not move. Under Fire: the story of a squad "I ought to have come before," he replied in low, toneless voice. Will Warburton When I had ended, he said in the same toneless way: "You have believed that all these years?" The Red Planet Mrs. Monroe was serving an uninteresting meal on heavy plates decorated in toneless brown. Martie, the Unconquered "Get 'um lunch now," said Li Ho, in his toneless drawl. The Window-Gazer This was a direct blow for Gudrun, spoken in a level, toneless voice of callous ease. Women in Love He had a quiet toneless voice and urbane manners and on a finger of his plump clean hand he displayed at moments a signet ring. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man The throbbing tenderness had gone out of her voice, leaving it dry and toneless. The Lamp of Fate The answer came in the far-off voice that told of his unconsciousness, a mere toneless monosyllable breathed upon the murky air. The Witch of Prague Then the same toneless voice came out of the darkness at his side. Maurice Guest Her voice expired in her throat in a kind of toneless rattle. Within an Inch of His Life The heat of passion had gone out of his voice, leaving it suddenly flat and toneless. The Hermit of Far End The rooks had ceased their wheeling and their cawing; the five-minutes bell, with its jerky, toneless tolling, alone broke the Sunday hush. The Country House The twang of his toneless voice sounded a trifle shriller. The Island Pharisees "Who could have foreseen this!" he said again, in the same toneless way. Maurice Guest Nejdanov had never heard such sour, toneless, tingling, jangling notes, but the old people promptly struck up the ballad, "Was it to Mourn." Virgin Soil I hearken in awe to the toneless murmur in which My Lord comments on the application in the case of 'Brown v. Yet Again "Earl is dead!" she said, in a queer, toneless voice. The Quest of the Sacred Slipper She answered him at once, but in a voice that was quite toneless. Michael "I wish I had died," she said in a toneless voice. Maurice Guest "You are not glad to see me, and I have counted the hours," he said, at last, in a dull, toneless voice. Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) After the witness had repeated in a toneless voice the solemn words of the oath, she began to be taken, step by step, though her story. The Lodger "Reckon you're better, dearie," he said in a curious harsh toneless voice. The Path of the King "It does happen," said the overseer, still leaning on the saddle and not stirring; he said this in the hollow, toneless voice in which men speak when they are plunged in thought. The Witch and other stories They do not care if they may offend some modern cultivated eyes, used only to the invisible blues and shadowy greens and that host of cold, lifeless, toneless grays, of refined conventional art. Mae Madden The question would have been an unnecessary one had it been put to her instead of to her husband, for her voice had that peculiar flat toneless sound for which extreme weariness is answerable. Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) Mr. Sleuth's voice sounded feebler, more toneless than usual. The Lodger "It seems very strange that they are so slow in bringing him to trial," said Marguerite in that dull, toneless voice which had become habitual to her. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel "Call your master, Ezra," directed a quiet woman voice gone weary and toneless with the heat and two restless children. Cow-Country And the toneless voice outside the door insisted: "You must have Tom's watch there!" The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows Miss Dale retired thinking how like she and Vernon were to one another in the toneless condition they had achieved through sorrow. The Egoist "Another phaen dead," said the newcomer in a grave, toneless, and intellectual voice. A Voyage to Arcturus Tell me!" she said at last, and her voice was toneless and dull, like one that came from the depths of a grave—"tell me—exactly—everything. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel All this, taken together, causes that so significant, lightly vibrating, cold and toneless voice, which is so often to be perceived in criminals who deny their guilt. Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students "Yessir," he replied; and his toneless voice touched in me one or two springs of memory: I was at Keeb; this was the footman who looked after me. Seven Men Perhaps it was that no man could expect to have the most momentous question of his life settled in a voice so level, so toneless, so devoid of joy or energy. Night and Day "You think he was murdered?" said Brinn in his high, toneless voice. Fire-Tongue Heron spoke in a toneless voice, hardly above a whisper, and like one whose throat is dry and mouth parched. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel "Just sit quiet a minute," came the toneless voice. Fire-Tongue |
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