Tone has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
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| 1. | By getting used to using emojis and other abbreviations to indicate the message's tone, young people drain languages of emotion, relegating words to bland pieces of information, becoming incapable of detecting any emotion at all without these symbols. It makes you wonder how our ancestors could laugh or cry with the correspondence they received. Languages, once so rich in this duality, are now evolving to become combinations of two distinct symbol systems: one for content, the other for tone. | |
| 2. | His stern tone and loud voice belied his inner sensitivity and caring nature. | |
| 3. | There was a sudden change in her tone. | |
| 4. | The article's tone was one of pessimism. | |
| 5. | You don't have to use such a harsh tone with me. | |
| 6. | The tone in which those words were spoken utterly belied them. | |
| 7. | The piano has a good tone. | |
| 8. | "Let me ask you something, Dad," she began, in a tone of patiently controlled exasperation that every experienced parent is familiar with. | |
| 9. | Subtle differences in tone discriminate the original from the copy. | |
| 10. | My father speaks in a gentle tone. |