What I liked best about the speech, though, was the rhetorical tone that Obama struck.

Caleb demanded in a rhetorical tone.

Creation science also differed in terms of popular leadership, rhetorical tone, and sectional focus.

As the Governor has edged ahead in the polls, the rhetorical tone of the contest has changed, too.

Manifest destiny did, however, provide the rhetorical tone for the largest acquisition of U.S. territory.

More a question than a statement, the project sets a rhetorical tone worthy of emulation by those who will be shaping the future of Lower Manhattan in days to come.

Rhyssa asked in an equally rhetorical tone.

"Most hatefully and unnaturally. . ." His voice was high, quite different both from his normal speaking voice and the rhetorical tone he had adopted for the speech outside Barnoch's house.

Manifest destiny provided the rhetorical tone for the largest acquisition of U.S. territory.

The question reverberated inside his head, its tone troubling, rhetorical, as though she already knew the answer.