The following year, after further research, Crane adopted a different tone.

Now that his point was made, he could adopt a more conciliatory tone.

In the last month, the government has adopted a more deliberate tone.

The Democrats adopted a similar tone in their own weekly speech.

Leading opponents of the trade, however, also adopted a different tone.

But by this morning, most newspapers in region were adopting a more familiar tone.

For their own good, however, the British should learn to adopt a less patronizing tone than in the past.

It adopts a hostile tone to the military and the church.

Adopting a more solemn tone, she said, 'But how do you know?

Why do we feel entitled to adopt a moral tone?