Perhaps it was that no man could expect to have the most momentous question of his life settled in a voice so level, so toneless, so devoid of joy or energy.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
In an absolutely toneless voice he announced: "Detective-Inspector Pepys!"
"The Sins of Séverac Bablon"
Sax Rohmer
It was a mere toneless wheeze, but breathing deep of brute strength.
"The Crevice"
William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander