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Synonyms for monotone

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mon-uh-tohn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɒn əˌtoʊn

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Définition of monotone

Origin :
  • "unvarying tone in music or speaking," 1640s; see monotony. OED says use of the word as a noun "is peculiar to Eng." Related: Monotonic; monotonically.
  • noun monotony
Example sentences :
  • There was a monotone of desolation as she went on speaking in a whisper meant for the ears of no other.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The inexorable voice went on in its monotone, as if he had not spoken.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Then her voice rose above the monotone that had contented her hitherto.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • "Her husband caused it by kicking her in the stomach," she said in a monotone.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • The voice was a monotone, minus expression, almost minus life.
  • Extract from : « The White Desert » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
  • The driver was shouting to them in a monotone, "Now, there, my dears."
  • Extract from : « The Forged Coupon and Other Stories » by Leo Tolstoy
  • His monotone, ended abruptly, resumed after a vast interval.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Space and Time » by Herbert George Wells
  • Has it not come to you that I might wish to study and that monotone is anything but pleasant?
  • Extract from : « Hester's Counterpart » by Jean K. Baird
  • The monotone of the wind and the monochrome of the sky oppress him.
  • Extract from : « A Spoil of Office » by Hamlin Garland
  • A monotone is a single tone without harmony or variation in pitch.
  • Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins

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