How to Use overtone in a Sentence

overtone

noun

• While there are racial overtones to this law, this is not a race issue.
  — Ken Daley, NOLA.com, 2 Oct. 2017
• The scent has light rose overtones and is NOT overwhelming.
  — Sam Peters, ELLE, 28 Feb. 2023
• The same can be said for chimichurri wings that accented the flames with herbal overtones of cilantro.
  — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 27 Feb. 2020
• The league’s work could not help but carry colonial overtones.
  — Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
• President Rosa Leal, who questioned the racist overtones of some of the comments made.
  — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
• In terms of flavor, the blend brings a richness and a semi-sweet overtone that works well at the morning table.
  — Chris MacIas, sacbee.com, 4 June 2017
• The overtones created by the two of them singing together are thrilling.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 May 2024
• The coconut milk and coconut cream used in the vanilla ice cream gives it a distinct overtone of coconut.
  — Rebekah Denn, The Seattle Times, 22 June 2017
• Reeds rasp, bows grind, voices growl, and strings shimmer with overtones.
  — Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• Others hate it because of its rapey overtones and in-between tones.
  — Danielle Kraese, The New Yorker, 14 June 2023
• With its overtones of anti-Semitism, the case swept over France and almost plunged it into a civil war.
  — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2019
• The bright coral color has rose overtones before fading to ivory.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 22 May 2024
• For air, dashes of light blue; for water, a deep-blue hue with copper overtones.
  — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2024
• But how did a photo with such blatant racial overtones make it onto the site to begin with?
  — Anne Branigin, The Root, 8 Jan. 2018
• Given the dynamics of the NBA, this can have some unpleasant overtones to it.
  — Nathaniel Friedman, GQ, 11 May 2018
• The pace rapidly shifted to lyrical, modern and tap dances, along with some comedic overtones.
  — Elizabeth Moore, NOLA.com, 13 May 2018
• The show, like Roseanne, is stuffed with racial and political overtones—but, again like Roseanne, is not without hope.
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2018
• This results in overtones, akin to the overtones of sound waves produced by a guitar or piano.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Oct. 2023
• Uber and Lyft have overtones of the wacky days of the dot-com bubble, when sketchy business plans and big losses were an active selling point.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 14 May 2019
• These are similar techniques to what is used to break down a sound into its overtones.
  — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 1 July 2024
• Chilean seabass proved that point, a glazed ingot of pearled fish with overtones of pineapple and citrus resting on fried rice with lump crab.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 10 May 2018
• The former is hardy, thick-skinned, and prized for its acidity, while the latter is silkier on the palate with honeyed, peachy overtones.
  — Benjamin Kemper, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2018
• Especially in our District, where a lot of the blame for our city’s ills includes racial overtones.
  — Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
• There’s a sultry oil laced with suede and vanilla, for a hit of 1970s disco fever, while a black-tea perfume with peppery overtones takes the spice route.
  — Vogue, 12 Oct. 2017
• The spiritual overtones that had so inspired the author were also a common part of the act.
  — Erik Ofgang, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2023
• There was enough doubt for an acquittal, and the Hanes men planned to try the case without any political or racial overtones.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw, AL.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• By the 18th century, the God save yous had dropped out of the picture and goodbye had also lost its religious overtones.
  — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2018
• There are many faster vibrations—called overtones—on top of the main vibration, each with their own volume.
  — Science Buddies, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2018
• This body extension, with its S&M-like overtones, epitomizes the erotic quality of many of Horn’s works.
  — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2024
• And in North Maluku, an ethnic conflict that had religious overtones gave way to a period of stability with little violence.
  — Patrick Barron, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024