undertone

Smith speaks with perfect articulation and a vacuous undertone laces her words.

David E. Kelley's The Crazy Ones got some huge support from Tassler "It has a great emotional undertone to the piece," she said.

I heard then a sigh next to me that had an undertone not unlike a snarl.

The undertone riffs off the “un-American” implications of the 2008 campaign directed at then-Sen.

“Reduced counsels,” interposed Mr. Weller senior, in an undertone.

Gradually and stealthily the king of the forest drew near, muttering to himself, as it were, in an undertone.

He glanced at the watch upon his wrist, adjusted his monocle, and said something in an undertone to the captain.

The pair, seated away in a corner, had been chatting in an undertone when they were compelled to rise.

Dunwoodie spoke a few words with Henry in an undertone, and hastened from the apartment, followed by Frances.