The sad and hopeless tone of her voice made Neal's throat tighten.

"Sit down," he said, in a hopeless tone.

One of them opened its beak and screeched in a tone so hopeless that Corum felt almost sympathetic to it.

The notes floated out to the patio, giving the night a hopeless, melancholy tone that was almost pleasant.

He spoke in a low, hopeless tone.

"Yes, I see now," said Jill in a heavy, hopeless tone.

I pushed myself down the cor-ridor, passing a room where someone was calling for help in a low, hopeless tone.

I don't know what you think you can do," she added in dull, hopeless tones.

"You don't understand," she said in a dull, hopeless tone.

"The fact is, I don't quite know how to explain it," he finished in a hopeless tone.