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Most of the houses are built of stone. ☊ stone ☊
stone walls ☊ stone ☊
a stone floor ☊ stone ☊
a flight of stone steps ☊ stone ☊
a pile of stones ☊ stone ☊
Some children were throwing stones into the lake. ☊ stone ☊
These words are carved on the stone beside his grave. ☊ stone ☊
the full rich tone of the trumpet ☊ tone ☊
the volume and tone controls on a car stereo ☊ tone ☊
The overall tone of the book is gently nostalgic. ☊ tone ☊
She set the tone for the meeting with a firm statement of company policy. ☊ tone ☊
Trust you to lower the tone of the conversation (= for example by telling a rude joke). ☊ tone ☊
The article was moderate in tone and presented both sides of the case. ☊ tone ☊
The newspaper said voters had been turned off by the negative tone of the campaign. ☊ tone ☊
speaking in hushed/low/clipped/measured, etc. tones ☊ tone ☊
a conversational tone ☊ tone ☊
a tone of surprise ☊ tone ☊
Don't speak to me in that tone of voice (= in that unpleasant way). ☊ tone ☊
There's no need to take that tone with me—it's not my fault we're late. ☊ tone ☊