The designer used jewel tones throughout the collection to evoke a sense of luxury.

To darken the passage, the composer raised several notes by half-tones in the melody.

The printer half-tones the image before printing to conserve ink and preserve detail.

The guitarist tuned his strings to include extra half tones, creating an unusual, eerie harmony.

When the caller dialed an invalid extension, the PBX responded with the familiar turkey tones indicating the call had been intercepted.

The composer experimented with quarter tones to create a sense of haunting dissonance.

In historical phonology, entering tones are crucial for reconstructing Old Chinese syllable endings.

The old switchboard operator could identify many callers just by their dial tones.

In the recording, the linguist identified several floating tones that affected the vowels in the following syllables.

Writers must master different tones of voice to make each character feel unique.