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Recent Examples of tonal
Season 7’s sleek, six-episode lineup is drawing some of its best reviews to date, with critics praising the emotional complexity, tonal range, and sharp storytelling.
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
There was a lot of tonal discussion and back and forth.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
From a tonal split on eyeshadows to a tie between blunt cuts and hair extensions, the best moments existed in the indecision.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 7 Apr. 2025
The modern silhouette is accented with tonal fine veiling draped at the crown and delicate sinamay straw flora with vintage stamen.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2025
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
There was a lot of tonal discussion and back and forth.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
From a tonal split on eyeshadows to a tie between blunt cuts and hair extensions, the best moments existed in the indecision.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 7 Apr. 2025
The modern silhouette is accented with tonal fine veiling draped at the crown and delicate sinamay straw flora with vintage stamen.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tonal
Adjective
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Everybody in the band understands what the harmonic structure of each tune is, what the chords are, the melody and dynamic of the song.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2025
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Engineers determined the most likely cause of the propellant leak was a harmonic response several times stronger than predicted, suggesting the vibrations during the ship's climb into space were in resonance with the vehicle's natural frequency.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Queen may have started as a four-piece rock band but their ambitions and grandiose stage shows led to lavish studio productions that took them in orchestral and operatic directions.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
10 Apr. 2025
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The album version shifts from what could at first be mistaken for a pastoral, pleasant crooner about country life into a four-alarm fire, crackling with impatient riffs by the first refrain, when horns pile insistently on top of each other only to strip back, again, to an orchestral piano hymn.—
Shana Naomi Krochmal,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Every spring, between March and April, a rhythmic, ancient spectacle unfolds across the Platte River Valley.—
Judy Koutsky,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Along the boardwalk, a rhythmic, green light flashes on the outdoor CO2 detectors – a constant reminder that the area is not out of the woods yet.—
Colette Davidson,
Christian Science Monitor,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Hudson buttressed Al Kooper’s original organ part into a chordal fortress, part of an incendiary performance that surges to peak after peak.—
Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Learning Greene’s chordal vocabulary on this record, living in his perfect counterpoint, is a constant inspiration for me.—
Giovanni Russonello,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In turn, her fiction felt lively and polyphonic.—
Sanjena Sathian,
Vulture,
24 Feb. 2025
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The movie’s polyphonic introduction is also not sustained.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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How does this make any sense except as a very stupid, clumsy, idiotic no good way to give us a homophonic bridge to Gandalf.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
3 Oct. 2024
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The content creator also used a homophonic slur at several points throughout the clip.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
1 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Poetry remains an exciting place where lyrical wordsmiths turn truth into art.—
Lorraine Berry,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Known for pairing magenta with rhinestones and a lyrical wit, Kirke hasn’t always been country.—
Eva Fedderly,
Architectural Digest,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Tonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tonal. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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