His self-righteous tone sparked off a flicker of rebellion.

Beneath his riffs there is a tetchy, self-righteous tone that makes him hard to like.

"I wanted her," Donovan said in a self-righteous tone.

Several spoke out against the harshly self-righteous tone of the original motion.

The man's voice had lost its agitation now, and taken on a rather self-righteous tone.

It seems I detect a self-righteous tone in your voice.

Charles Mackey continued in an angry and almost self-righteous tone.

There is a self-righteous and sneering tone to this book.

"We will not be going into hyperspace," said XP-28 in self-righteous tones.

With a mock frown, he spoke in very self-righteous tones.