Use "undertone" in a sentence

1. In an undertone, Jones divulged that the visitor had been on the phone since arriving, apparently talking about some business deal or other

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2. in the air and all conversation contained an undertone of

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3. ‘UNimportant, of course, I meant,’ the King hastily said, and went on to himself in an undertone, ‘important–unimportant– unimportant–important–’ as if he were trying which word sounded best

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4. The room was clean, but airless, and it smelled of Lysol with an undertone of fear and hopelessness

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5. 'Unimportant, of course, I meant,' the King hastily said, and went on to himself in an undertone, 'important--unimportant-- unimportant--important--' as if he were trying which word sounded best

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6. I found Oztooa in his stall and told him in an undertone that I had been able to befriend my cousins and the Khan suspected nothing

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7. ” said one man in an undertone to Bob

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8. "Are you guys ready to ride the roller coaster again?" His voice immediately took on a patronizing undertone that generated resentment in the girls from his sly pressure

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9. Their overly hospitable personas didn't reflect the bleak undertone that catered their thoughts

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10. held an undertone of deviousness

11. They sounded such mundane things, but we knew there was a terrible undertone to their actions

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12. ‘Don’t hesitate to feel at home,’ she said in undertone as Sandhya went in to have some water

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13. ‘I hear there’s money to make over there,’ said Prasad in undertone

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14. ‘If only you promise,’ she said to him in undertone, ‘that you would have both Sandhya and me together

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15. ‘Can’t you see, doctor saheb,’ Subba Reddy said in undertone, before Raja Rao could reply, ‘with two pretty directors on the board, how could it be otherwise for our romantic architect

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16. ‘You know that I look life straight in its face,’ said Tara in undertone to Roopa

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17. Having been deposited by her brothers in a chair beside Joel, Kathy leaned over and in an undertone, whispered her apologies to him

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18. I was a little confused by the undertone her words held

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19. So I went over to one of the blue-shirted store employees and made my request in an undertone as Aunt Rachel turned away to inspect a display of laptop bags, then added a fun weather station you operated with your iPhone to my order

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20. "We've got to be careful," one of them remarked in a scarcely audible undertone

21. "Sit on my immediate left," he instructs in an undertone, before jovially greeting Lord Wesley

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22. And in spite of this lack of warmth there was a soft undertone, kind of a confidential undertone, as if there were no barriers between them

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23. The bitterest one wasn’t as bitter as last time, because an undertone was missing, but on the other hand it wouldn’t dissolve as easily either

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24. "This isn't forensic medicine at all!" There was an admiring and deadly menacing undertone in his voice

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25. The double-exhaust of the Mustang was bubbling with a thunderous undertone

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26. and the constant hum of pleased suckers, with an undertone

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27. Beneath the Computer Centre audit report was an undertone he wasn't comfortable with, however

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28. The hairless body of the bodybuilder offsets this intimidating undertone

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29. than what it was, it had a strong neon pink undertone

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30. Her hair was white with a lilac undertone

31. The odor of charred flesh, already powerful in the narrow space, became nearly overwhelming, with an undertone of something even more fetid

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32. I charged after the column as a grim undertone overwhelmed the day

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33. ” He was trying to sound hopeful, but there was a nervous undertone to his voice

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34. I'm coming," he muttered in an undertone, as though not fully conscious of what he was saying, and he went out of the room

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35. And, certain of his discovery, he went out repeating to himself in an undertone, and with his usual low whistle—

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36. "It seems to me," said Franz, speaking in an undertone to Albert, "that if this person merited the high panegyrics of our landlord, he would have conveyed his invitation through another channel, and not permitted it to be brought to us in this unceremonious way

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37. The woman's lips seemed to move, as though she were talking; but because she merely spoke in an undertone, or my senses were dulled by sleep, I did not catch a word she uttered

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38. " At this instant the favorite attendant of Madame Danglars entered the boudoir; approaching her mistress, she spoke some words in an undertone

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39. repeat in an undertone the story he had just told to Gabriel

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40. Malins could be heard saying to her neighbour in an indistinct undertone:

41. With his mailed gauntlet he brushed away a furtive tear and was overheard, by those privileged burghers who happened to be in his immediate entourage, to murmur to himself in a faltering undertone:

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42. "What are you saying to her?" said Morcerf in an undertone

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43. Two persons passed near me—allow me to conceal their names for the present; they were speaking in an undertone, and yet I was so interested in what they said that I did not lose a single word

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44. Now she caught the low undertone, as of the wind sinking down to repose itself; then ascended with it, as it rose through progressive gradations of sweetness and power, until its volume seemed to envelop her with an atmosphere of awe and solemn grandeur

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45. What was it? The complaint of a human heart, sorrow-laden, perchance guilty, telling its secret, whether of guilt or sorrow, to the great heart of mankind; beseeching its sympathy or forgiveness,—at every moment,—in each accent,—and never in vain! It was this profound and continual undertone that gave the clergyman his most appropriate power

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46. But, throughout it all, and through the whole discourse, there had been a certain deep, sad undertone of pathos, which could not be interpreted otherwise than as the natural regret of one soon to pass away

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47. Petranilla clamped her mouth shut, recognizing the undertone in his low voice; but Alice did not notice how

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48. picked up the undertone of mockery, and his eyes flashed anger

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49. Ralph spoke to the judge in an undertone

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50. Charles Gould had his place next to a foreign envoy, who, in a listless undertone, had been talking to him fitfully of hunting and shooting

51. "A Sulaco revolution," Decoud pursued in a forcible undertone

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52. "I should think he is far from having a good constitution," said Lady Chettam, with a still deeper undertone

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53. Loud men called his subdued tone an undertone, and sometimes implied that it was inconsistent with openness; though there seems to be no reason why a loud man should not be given to concealment of anything except his own voice, unless it can be shown that Holy Writ has placed the seat of candor in the lungs

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54. "Yes, suppose!" said Will Ladislaw, in a contemptuous undertone, intended to dismiss the subject

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55. None the less they came to Stone Court daily and sat below at the post of duty, sometimes carrying on a slow dialogue in an undertone in which the observation and response were so far apart, that any one hearing them might have imagined himself listening to speaking

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56. Solomon, in a very low undertone, when she had shut the door behind her, pointing with his head towards the absent Mary

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57. Mawmsey had the poorest opinion on all other points, but in doctoring, he was wont to say in an undertone, he placed Gambit above any of them

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58. After questioning and examining her, Lydgate said to the house-surgeon in an undertone, "It's not tumor: it's cramp

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59. Bulstrode, perhaps with a little too much eagerness in his undertone

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60. Willarski, stepping toward him, said something to him in French in an undertone and then went up to a small wardrobe in which Pierre noticed garments such as he had never seen before

61. It began to be said in an undertone, in the women's workroom, that Fantine "wrote letters" and that "she had ways about her

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62. He said in an undertone, "Sublime!"

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63. In an undertone she gave some directions to Hannah

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64. There was no anger in her tone, nothing but acceptance, together with an undertone of excitement

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65. I’m coming,’ he muttered in an undertone, as though not fully conscious of what he was saying, and he went out of the room

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66. So the announcement was made in an undertone and I did not hear it

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67. He muttered in an undertone, in reply, that '' it was too late for that now," that " it had gone too far," and that " if you were to apologize, for instance, and the gentleman would conf-ent to accept j'our apology, then perhaps

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68. "Your friend a very clever man!" the German said to me in an undertone as he moved to see me out; he had been listening all the time attentively to our conversation

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69. And you, granny,” he added gravely, in an undertone, as he passed Agafya, “I hope you'll spare their tender years and not tell them any of your old woman's nonsense about Katerina

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70. "Arkasha," he said in an undertone, casting a casual glance at all the grand and beautiful things on little wooden stands on the huge table, "lovely things! What's that? What's this? This one, for instance, this little sweet, do you see?" Vasya whispered, pointing to a charming cap further away, which was not the one he meant to buy, because he had already from afar descried and fixed his eyes upon the real, famous one, standing at the other end

71. "Present!" said Vasya in an undertone; he wheeled round to the left and marched out of the room

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72. The barristers were whispering in an undertone, very much as the magistrates of the bench at sessions

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73. There was almost no conversation; only once in a while was heard a remark, in a whisper or an undertone, addressed by a player to his neighbor; the only sound was that short, dry rustle of the cards and the crackling of new bank notes, or the tinkle of gold coins making their way round the table from the bank to the players, and from the players back to the bank

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74. “The room at the head of the hall,” he heard his undertone

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