She gave him a funny look and matched his tone.

She tried to match his tone, asked: "What do you know of my intentions?"

"Please ring if you need anything," she said, trying to match his cool tone.

"It was a close call," he said, struggling to match her light tone.

I looked up at him and matched his tone.

He tried to match her light tone and failed.

I say, matching her bright tone, and close the door, my heart thumping hard.

I say, trying to match her tone while simultaneously racking my brain.

The admiral made no effort to match the captain's soft, polite tone.

It sounded flat after the man's flowery language, but she couldn't match his tone even if she'd wanted to.