VERB
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make less strong or intense; soften
The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements
Tone down that aggressive letter - deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
How To Use tone down In A Sentence
- You should tone down the red colour in your painting.
- There's an edgy, youthful feel to the sprawling stone downtown, where gaggles of short-haired, punky students walk narrow, walled streets.
- So now the next step in what they describe as their calibration procedure, we have Stone down here. Undefined
- Blue can be used to tone down very sunny rooms.
- His advisers told him to tone down his speech.
- Estate agents continue to advise sellers to tone down anything that might be considered too garish. Times, Sunday Times
- His calm demeanor is belied by an intense stare he uses as a laser guide for Morris to slide the stone down a path of strategic calculation. Martin is straw that stirs unbeaten Canadian curling team
- She had at least managed to tone down her tan. The Sun
- Another useful item that helps to tone down the ritzier elements of your wardrobe. Times, Sunday Times
- For mixing sessions, gobos are arrayed behind the mixing position to tone down the ‘liveness’ of the room.
