"It was pretty, that pulling fire out of ears," said Hawk in a dour but simple-minded tone.

His dour tone and expression made it clear where he stood on the subject.

He adds a dour tone to the drama, reminding us that the talking cure has its limitations.

He smiled at her dour tone.

Lucinda noted that Harry's groom seemed uncommonly morose; his dour tones suggested a death in the family.

There was an edge of excitement in his usual dour tone.

"Granting your assumptions, I suppose you are right," the robot replied in dour tones.

He took only five questions, spoke in low, dour tones and left after three minutes.

"So far," Lessa said in a dour tone.

"No, I have not," the Regent answered in dour tones.