"I asked for grits," he informed him in dignified tones.

I love Williams' portrait, it has a vibrant yet discreet and dignified tone.

The letter asked for detailed information about the disposal of the funds, and Whitbread replied in dignified tones.

His wife would be required to set a tone both dignified and democratic.

"Keep your seat," he said in dignified tones.

Raising a hand, she caught the man's eye and in a sweet, dignified tone, said, "Excuse me, would you mind lowering your voice?"

"It was approximately that," stated Martingale, in a dignified tone.

Our new administration," declared Cruikshank, in his dignified tone, "faces a most important task.

"I simply did not choose to argue with them," she said in as dignified a tone as she could manage.

I am a professor at Istanbul University,' he said in the same dignified tone.