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Meanings of impressive tone in English

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Usage of impressive tone in English
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Gustave leaned clown to me, and spoke in a low impressive tone:
The Indiscretion of the Duchess / Being a Story Concerning Two L...
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It must be reserved for the trial, he said in an impressive tone.
The Loudwater Mystery
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Philip rose, and standing over him, said, in a low but impressive tone:
The Heir of Redclyffe
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Mr. Gillette addressed the spectators in a deep impressive tone.
The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth
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Then, leaning forward, he said in an impressive tone:
Bought and Paid For; From the Play of George Broadhurst
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At length Burke, in a few words delivered in his most impressive tone, explained the phenomenon.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September...
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Her mother continued, in a loud, impressive tone:
Different Girls
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Then in an impressive tone which her companion failed to understand, That horse has been shod.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
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Then softly, in a little impressive tone,-"Shewas a countess!"
Four Meetings
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In a few moments Chingatok said, in a low, quiet, but impressive tone: The Kablunets are not foolish or ignorant.
The Giant of the North: Pokings Round the Pole
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At these words, spoken in a low, impressive tone, Bertha burst into tears and hid her face in her handkerchief.
The Getting of Wisdom
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The orator was eulogizing the financial genius of Hamilton, and startled the audience by the sentence, uttered in his impressive tone,-
The Youth's Companion, Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13...
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One evening Liszt was speaking in an impressive tone of the merits of the Jesuits, and Ritter's inopportune smiles appeared to offend him.
My Life — Volume 2
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But though not with such an impressive tone, yet just as much, in fact, do the productions of those long gone speak to us.
The Crown of Thorns: A Token for the Sorrowing
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Finally he sat again, and said, in grave and impressive tones:
Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million
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Mothers nudged their children and said, in slightly lowered but distinctly impressive tones:
West Wind Drift
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