The cello produced unsettling wolf tones during the solo, forcing the player to adjust his bowing.

When two pure tones are played together, listeners sometimes hear combination tones that are not present in the original signals.

She spent the afternoon downloading new ring tones for her collection.

Before we started mixing, we captured several room tones to preserve the natural ambience of each scene.

The old switchboard hummed with familiar dialling tones as we waited for the connection.

Linguists analyze contour tones to understand how pitch changes within a syllable convey meaning.

The vintage organ produced rich engaged tones whenever the stops were pulled.

The composer deliberately inserted non-harmonic tones to create tension before the resolution.

When I called her number, I kept hearing an engaged tone and knew the line was busy.

At the charity gala, her high-toned comments about imported wines made several guests uncomfortable.