(of a voice or musical sound) lacking expression or interest.
‘he began to sing in a toneless voice’
‘His voice was toneless, but his expression was sceptical.’
‘They read their confessions in toneless voices.’
‘She hardly recognized the cold, toneless voice coming out of her at that moment, and it scared her.’
‘‘Okay,’ said the toneless voice from the living room.’
‘‘I get the message,’ he said in a deep and toneless voice.’
‘She shouted it over and over in her toneless voice.’
‘Her eyes were blank, looking somewhere far away, and her voice was toneless.’
‘Now, as I hear that same toneless voice, fear grips me so tightly that I can barely breathe.’
‘‘I don't want to hear it,’ she said, her voice flat, toneless.’
‘These words were toneless, expressionless, like everything around us.’
‘Gregory's voice had gotten softer, and was no longer completely toneless.’
‘The narrative is driven almost completely by toneless voiceovers, and violence, needless to say, simmers and moans forever beneath the film's surface.’
‘The voice still sounded more or less as one would expect for a man of his age: worn, unsupported, and breathless, the characteristic timbre dried up and toneless.’
‘The lead singer has traded his toneless, dark singing style for a scratchy, emotive whisper, and the band's sound is more open and melodic.’
‘This is an almost funny music video for a toneless punk-metal song.’
‘Pity suffused her voice for a moment, then melted away leaving behind an oddly toneless quality.’
‘The intolerable toneless monologues of the last few auditions made a couple of people go to sleep.’