The positive tone did not hold as the race tightened, however.

The valet's tone held positive warmth and feeling for the first time.

The words were still indistinguishable, but the very tone held warning.

Her tone held no more gratitude than an iron bar.

But his tone held a lightness she hadn't heard before.

But his tone held little hope, and he would not meet her eyes.

Her thought speech was pure and somehow musical as if some lost tone of the night song still held in it.

His tone held dismissal and the two officers left the house.

He may have felt surprise, but his tone held no hint of alarm.

Her tone must have held some of the temper she was trying to conceal.