How to Use tonal in a Sentence

tonal

adjective

• It’s not the first time this month that the Marry Me star has done the tonal thing.
  — Barry Samaha, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Dec. 2020
• The main title acts as a tonal seed to the lethal outbreak.
  — Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
• There’s not a lot of plot; there are so many weird tonal shifts and spoofs.
  — Nolan Feeney, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2021
• The wild tonal shifts leave the viewer in the dust, and not even the two stars are able to make any of it work.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2024
• But the tonal shift of the new era has nonetheless been set.
  — Yi-Ling Liu, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
• The masks become the earth, the body the sprouts, the tonal explosion, rebirth.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 28 Feb. 2021
• What is unexpected is the tonal shift in the last part of the movie.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2020
• The project has been described as being a tonal mix of Ready or Not and The Raid.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2024
• His portraits have a rich tonal range, from the whitest white to grays to the blackest black.
  — Redeat Wondemu, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2021
• The gray-necked wood rail piped its tonal melody in an endless loop.
  — Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
• The tonal look—in cozy shades of brown and camel—was easy and put-together.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2021
• There's such a tonal shift from Pin-Jui's flashbacks and his present.
  — Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2020
• Why give us such a tonal shift just as the series is coming to a close?
  — Nina Li Coomes, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2022
• The film strikes a tonal balance thanks to the on-screen chemistry between Sasha and Paul.
  — Savina Petkova, Variety, 14 Nov. 2023
• The tonal shifts might be too much for some viewers sucked in by a poster and trailer that dwell on the chase.
  — Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2021
• How to get the look: Paper lanterns, bistro tables, tonal green paint.
  — Sean Santiago, ELLE Decor, 8 Sep. 2023
• The black leather straps with tonal hardware make these easy to wear with anything.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
• Even in the small preview seen here, the tonal shift in Williams’s Givenchy is evident.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2021
• Plus, a tonal faux-fur lining adds to the sleek look and will keep you even warmer on blustery days.
  — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 6 Sep. 2024
• So that informed the aesthetic and tonal choices of the show.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2022
• Meanwhile, her pointy nude slingbacks kept the whole look tonal.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2019
• The wallpaper-esque print could have been pulled from a house in the ’70s, too, with its tonal brown and cream squares.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 May 2021
• The tonal flavor is softer, but the bright smiles of the concierge reflect the white edifice.
  — Michael Alpiner, Forbes, 10 May 2021
• Oh Breathe new life into tonal outfits by adding a pop of white.
  — Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2023
• Oh no wait, there's some weird check-pattern thing which the club describe as 'tonal jacquard print'.
  — SI.com, 29 Sep. 2019
• The director, Ciarán O’Reilly, keeps a smooth hand on the tiller, guiding the cast through the show’s roller coaster of tonal shifts.
  — Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022
• The direction for the overall stylistic and tonal approach came from the script.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2022
• The rugged, tonal look embraces used objects that might have scratches and been found at an antique store on the side of the road.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 23 Aug. 2021
• Queen Letizia wore a beige Georgette shirtdress with tonal sequin stripes along the front and collar.
  — Marissa Muller, WWD, 1 Dec. 2024
• Reznor and Ross resampled and processed the original cue with tonal and textural shifts to mirror the deepening relationship between the two central characters.
  — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024