The no-nonsense tone of the report is set by its cover, which has no artwork or illustrations.
You have to look them in the eye and use a no-nonsense tone of voice.
"Absolutely, yes," she said in such a no-nonsense tone that for a moment he almost believed it.
She attempted to break through his intense mood with her no-nonsense tone.
Her voice had that no-nonsense tone of a woman in charge.
"Back to the village," he said in his no-nonsense tone.
He started to speak again in the same tough, no-nonsense tone, but something in her eyes stopped him.
Her voice was low, in the quiet, no-nonsense tone he had come to recognize.
Someone was ordering in no-nonsense tones that she be given air.
It was something in that positive, no-nonsense tone of his.