Lady Hastings uttered a low-toned exclamation of surprise.    From Wordnik.com.  [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference

‘Will he come here?’ at last she said, in a low-toned voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Doctor Thorne] Reference

Oral arguments today are sedate, controlled, and low-toned affairs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is That Legal?: Ringside Seats to Gibbons v. Ogden] Reference

Wade received them with some low-toned, hesitating words of apology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference

"And I feel," said Hippy, who had overheard Miriam's low-toned remark.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College] Reference

These two great lawyers still stood absorbed in low-toned conversation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Round Anvil Rock A Romance] Reference

There was a loud sound, like the ringing of a great mel - low-toned gong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Merlin's Mirror]

The two engaged in a low-toned conversation, directing quick glances at Musa.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Players] Reference

Don was growling a low-toned menacing pre-bark growl all the more scary for that.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Small Death in the Great Glen] Reference

Joyce instantly followed her, leaving her escort in low-toned talk with the undertaker.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls] Reference

Then followed a low-toned consultation, in the course of which such talk as this was heard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods] Reference

Short, crisp, and earnest, low-toned, but felt as an electric pulse, are the words of Prescott.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 5, May, 1884] Reference

His low-toned self-complacency, like the faded banner of an obstinate fort, still flies unconquered.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Modern Utopia] Reference

The butcher grew radiant at the sweet, low-toned laugh with which Nell received this practical suggestion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference

"Someone is entering now," Miss Ladd whispered, lifting her hand with a warning for low-toned conversation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation] Reference

A chair was brought, and he stood close beside her, repeating her low-toned requests aloud to the interpreter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls] Reference

One of the policemen, waiting, watching, had at once stepped up and begun a low-toned conversation with Clovis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dollmaker] Reference

I heard her say something shrill and protesting in the next room, and Lilymary's voice being firm and low-toned.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories]

 The two men were deep in a low-toned conversation, and unwilling to appear curious, she hovered in the doorway.    From Wordnik.com.  [Falcon's Prey]

Gila's laugh rang harshly in the room again, following some low-toned remark, and the man laughed coarsely in reply.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Witness] Reference

Then the girl burst into low-toned speech, glancing back constantly through the door she held nearly shut behind her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference

The low-toned rumble of metal on metal is more soothing than the high-pitched muscle of jet engines or the droning of an auto motor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travelogue: How I Became a “Rail Fan”] Reference

Sarah cared for Donna with extreme tenderness and devotion and was rewarded with wan smiles at first and, gradually, low-toned speech.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twice shy]

From it rises a penetrating but light murmur, in which dominate the sounds of laughter, and the low-toned interchange of polite speeches.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Your dear mother had a low-toned nervous system. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference

There was another low-toned consultation before we were admitted.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45] Reference

The husky, low-toned voice of a man came to the ears of those in the dining-room.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rose in the Ring] Reference

Indeed she had drifted into a low-toned conversation with a young man on the fender.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heart of Rachael] Reference

Suddenly, without warning, a low-toned bell rang before us and a bright-green light flashed up.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dream Doctor] Reference

Manse Bell came up and knocked, inclining her ear as she did so to catch the minister's low-toned reply.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lilac Sunbonnet] Reference

Vittoria sang one low-toned soft song, like the voice of evening, before they were dismissed to their beds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vittoria — Complete] Reference

She has followed him with her eyes until he stops; then with heightened color resumes a low-toned chat with her father.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier] Reference

"Yes, dear!" said Mrs Bradshaw, more and more frightened at Jemima's angry manner of speaking -- low-toned, but very indignant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ruth] Reference

Then the four who had shot slipped their guns back into their holsters and resumed their cigarettes and drawling low-toned conversation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mountains] Reference