We now admire the artist's ambiguous tone, his controlled mixing of flatness and depth, of roughness with grace.

Then, in an ambiguous tone that might or might not have been facetious, he added, "Every day is a great day when you're the president."

Even now, many Iraqis continue to speak in ambiguous tones about their past.

Todd Haynes, the film's director, said those who saw the movie were confused by its deliberately ambiguous tone.

Still the comedy is just at the top of this story which involves much darker and ambiguous tones.

In 1995, he urged us, with an ambiguous tone, to "fight this generation."

Nevertheless, Jensen's novels also differ from these authors since the tragic vision in his novels is supplemented with comedy, setting an ambiguous and absurd tone.

Now it is just another ambiguous tone requiring interpretation.

In an ambiguous tone, he asked, "I trust that Director Hannish is on her way?"

Some critique was given regarding the slow pace and ambiguous tone, making it hard to distinguish whether it was a children's film or aimed for adults.