They were allowed to talk, but only in quiet tones.

She could tell because his voice had that quiet tone to it.

We took the chairs, which brought us closer together, and she began to tell her story in a quiet tone.

His quiet tone took the sting out of the word.

She had to speak again, now with a quiet, more personal tone.

Something about the cold, quiet tone made both officers look at him.

That stopped her cold, not only the words but the deadly quiet tone of voice.

Their quiet tones of green and gray work well in the period house.

He had always a quiet tone of 37 voice, answered your questions.

The quiet tone of desperation in her voice stopped him.