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Meanings of overtone in English
Usage of overtone in English
1
A real killer. There was an overtone of admiration in his voice.
2
Vincent kept silence, pondering every tone and overtone of the remark.
3
I compared it with what I already had, line, and wave, and overtone.
4
Moreover, the overtone of honeymoon is a wicked set-up for threats of rape.
5
On Zakynthos sometimes the silence shimmers with the overtone of bees.
6
It may be well to explain our use of the term "overtone."
7
The flashing lights gave an eerie overtone to the scene.
8
There was an overtone of contentment within the silent voice.
9
When she asked her next question, there was an overtone of fear in her voice.
10
However it may be, no other overtone could more perfectly have completed the fundamental note.
11
The departure of six carloads of lettuce packed in ice was given a civic overtone.
12
She gazed up at him, wondering why his voice seemed to carry a peculiar overtone.
13
With it, too, like a faint overtone, came the yet gentler music of another voice.
14
There could be a faintly critical overtone to that.
15
But now quiet, save for an undescribable, whispering overtone that seemed to permeate the air.
16
All notice, and some enjoy, this adscititious literary overtone.
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Overtone through the time