That deep, guttural tone struck a faint chord in her.

He'd felt rather proud of himself until the tone in her voice struck him like an ice pick in the neck.

But his words and tone did not strike listeners as a Shermanlike rejection of candidacy.

The tone of this final panel strikes a harsh contrast to those preceding it.

But the tone of all this struck Julie as curious.

A high moral tone prevailing among the people struck the foreigners who visited India during this period.

His tone struck the perfect balance between anger and dismissiveness.

The understated tone and evenhandedness of the article over all struck me as responsible journalism.