The lobby sets the tone: old-money elegant, with black marble floors, teak and simple white paintwork topped off by an impressive chandelier.

Wood, brass and fresh flowers set a warm and elegant tone in the spacious dining room.

Though nobody dressed formally, a group of employees of a Paris engineering concern on an outing set an elegant tone.

A man with white tie and dress shirt, naked from the waist down except for black garters, talks to the Queen Bee in elegant tones.

He begins talking in elegant tones, his stooges filling in.

Now the "method" in his own work, the right grip and the elegant tone of the master's manner, have become his own.

He plays with a creamy, elegant tone that evokes Goodman's lyricism.

"Think nothing of it, Mrs. Carter," said Remi in his most elegant and polite tones.

At night, soft indirect light sets an elegant tone.

Hadspen Heron's elegant blue tones also pair well with purple-foliage plants, including alumroots and Japanese painted ferns.