His toneless mechanical voice. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Odysseus looked tired, and his reply was toneless. From Wordnik.com. [Shield of Thunder]
His voice was heavy and toneless as a muffled bell. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories for English Courses] Reference
He embarked upon a toneless, rapid recital of facts. From Wordnik.com. [Killer Dolphin]
He spoke at length in the same level, toneless voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheik] Reference
"I do not know," she said, her voice low and toneless. From Wordnik.com. [Truly]
“I wish I had died,” she said in a toneless voice. From Wordnik.com. [Maurice Guest] Reference
His voice was curiously toneless, and his face haggard. From Wordnik.com. [Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930] Reference
"Sorry, sir, you didn't ask me," was the toneless reply. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
"I'm pretty well," returned Prince, in a toneless voice. From Wordnik.com. [On the Stairs] Reference
That's the Commander's uniquely calm and toneless voice. From Wordnik.com. [Passage at Arms]
When he did, his voice sounded dead -- flat and toneless. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
The man from the mirror spoke with a flat, toneless voice. From Wordnik.com. [Star Hunter] Reference
It was an effort to be polite, to keep her voice toneless. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter,Healer[SequeltoTheSociety]]
Is there anything more toneless than two senators debating?. From Wordnik.com. [R.W. Sanders: Debate Number One: Dry As Toast] Reference
His face was set and stern, and his voice hard and toneless. From Wordnik.com. [Hepsey Burke] Reference
"I have taken his jewellery," she said in her toneless voice. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
"Not quite," answered the girl in a listless, toneless voice. From Wordnik.com. [A Mating in the Wilds] Reference
The brain of Doctor Alph spoke rapidly in its toneless voice. From Wordnik.com. [Hell Wings Over Manhattan]
Then the same toneless voice came out of the darkness at his side. From Wordnik.com. [Maurice Guest] Reference
The low, toneless confession with its quiet immolation of self. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
"He-a! he-a! he-a!" she shouted in that shrill toneless voice of hers. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
But he answered quietly, in the same toneless voice: "No, I am not married.". From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the East] Reference
“Who could have foreseen this!” he said again, in the same toneless way. From Wordnik.com. [Maurice Guest] Reference
And Doctor Alph's brain was still speaking in that dreadful, toneless voice. From Wordnik.com. [Hell Wings Over Manhattan]
But she was indifferent to music, and played in a toneless and flabby manner. From Wordnik.com. [Goodnight Dogs] Reference
"I don't know what you're talking about," he said in a quiet, toneless voice. From Wordnik.com. [Ice Station Zebra]
He was speaking in a voice toneless, dispassionate, but weighted with finality. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference
‘He said he needed it,’ she said in a toneless voice, devoid of all emotion. From Wordnik.com. [Purchased For Revenge]
"Very well, then," she said, and her face was expressionless and her voice toneless. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the Sunrise]
The heat of passion had gone out of his voice, leaving it suddenly flat and toneless. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
"Do you mean lost at sea?" she asked, in a steady voice -- toneless but perfectly clear. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
A gentle birr, like the distant note of a toneless beetle, insinuated itself into their dreams. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
He caught up with me and asked me in a toneless voice, 'What did you do, Cadet, to merit that?'. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
Before he could draw breath to protest his outrage, she spoke again, her voice low and toneless. From Wordnik.com. [One Night for Love]
And swallowing that lump in her throat, she achieved a toneless, "That is what I am going to do.". From Wordnik.com. [The Fortieth Door] Reference
"Running," she said, and her voice had a toneless emptiness that screamed louder than any emotion. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
"And you, Mynheer," he went on, in the same toneless voice, "from where do you come to this shore?". From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
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