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Definition of the day : « tone down »
- verb moderate
- She must do something to tone down the beating of her heart.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- I thought you ought to tone down a little, so I tried to put you wise.
- Extract from : « Strictly Business » by O. Henry
- "And you might tone down the family notes for him," suggested Fairy.
- Extract from : « Prudence Says So » by Ethel Hueston
- I proposed to Mashko, too, to tone down that note, but he would not.
- Extract from : « Children of the Soil » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
- She vainly tried to tone down her flushed cheeks with powder.
- Extract from : « The White Shield » by Myrtle Reed
- I shall not attempt to tone down the crudeness of Hungerford's language.
- Extract from : « Mrs. Falchion, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
- He just sat there and grinned, making no attempt to tone down the set.
- Extract from : « Cue for Quiet » by Thomas L. Sherred
- Many men are fops in their youth who tone down wonderfully when they get old.
- Extract from : « Under the Mendips » by Emma Marshall
- As it was, we had to tone down some of the naughtiest passages and songs.
- Extract from : « Murder at Bridge » by Anne Austin
- I only regret that I have had to tone down so much of dialect in her versions.
- Extract from : « More English Fairy Tales » by Various