I thought I could detect a note of remorse in his voice.

His voice is gentle, but I detect a note of impatience.

Do I detect a note of cynicism in your voice?

I detect a note of surprise in his voice.

I detect a note of strain in her voice.

I detect a note of disgust in her voice.

For the first time Wallander thought he could detect a note of emotion in her voice.

Paul was quick to detect a note of admiration underlying the superficial contemptuousness of the words.

Did I detect a note of regret?

Do I detect a note of defiance?

But his voice was scarcely in accordance with his general appearance, and it was easy to detect a note of ill-breeding.

It didn't need a sensitive ear to detect a note of mockery in this speech, though Galbraith's face was perfectly solemn.

I tried to detect a note of teasing, but I heard nothing in her tone to indicate that she was poking fun at me.

Rather could he detect a note triumph, as though the fat boy believed he had accomplished something worth while, and was deserving of congratulation.

Margrit thought she detected a note of wistfulness in the smooth tone.

John believed he detected a note of surprise in Gibson's counter question.