In the sentence "I didn't say he stole the money," the tonic accent falls on different words depending on the intended meaning.

In discourse analysis, tonic accents often mark the most important information in an utterance.

The neurologist explained that Adie's tonic pupil is often associated with reduced deep tendon reflexes.

After months of unexplained ear discomfort, she was finally diagnosed with tonic tensor tympani syndrome, a disease of the tensor tympani muscle that leads to chronic ear pain.