How to Use tenor in a Sentence

tenor

noun

• She asked the tenors to sing the line again.
• The tenor of his remarks is clear.
• He has a high, lilting tenor.
• The council’s breakfast ahead of the vote set the tenor for the debate.
  — Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
• That sentence may seem to capture the tenor of the times.
  — Marshall Ingwerson, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023
• Louis gives in and sees images of the tenor's past as the man's life drains away.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2022
• Without a crucial swing vote to be won over, the tenor of the Court has changed.
  — Michael Waldman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
• But Tatum sensed that the game’s tenor was beginning to shift.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Dec. 2022
• The whole tenor and tone of the campaign was much more calm and moderate.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2022
• Two books, both by English tenors and both on the nature of song.
  — Eric Felten, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2023
• That should be a cue to change the tenor of his candidacy.
  — Richard Vatz, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2024
• And the tenor of the conversations isn’t going to know what hit it.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 9 Sep. 2022
• Then again, in a town of this size and tenor, everyone is a prime suspect.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2023
• His voice is hoarse with age but still has a tenor’s vibrancy.
  — Sophie Neiman, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2023
• Sissoko changed the tenor of the game with his tiebreaking alley-oop slam with 1:45 left in the second OT.
  — Michael Marot, ajc, 16 Nov. 2022
• While the tenor Joseph Dennis is affable in the role, his chemistry with D’Angelo is nil.
  — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
• As a rising young tenor in the 1990s, Limmie Pulliam dreamed of a career that would take him to the world’s top stages.
  — Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2023
• The tenor of his speeches would harmonize with the public mood.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 1 July 2023
• Parts of the lineup could find grooves and alter the tenor and trajectory of things.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2022
• This doesn’t fit the tenor of good faith or relationships.
  — Roy S. Johnson | [e-mail], al, 19 Sep. 2023
• The tenor of the two-hour argument suggested the court will rule for the pork producers.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2022
• Much of the work of making the film took place during the pandemic, and that impacted its tenor.
  — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2023
• The early tenor of this game included the fact that Utah’s defense was a mess, just like the first meeting on Oct. 15.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
• As 2022 fades out, the amazing shift in market tenor from high to low is evident.
  — John Walkup, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
• An iconic Italian tenor is bringing his U.S. tour to Louisville toward the end of 2023.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 14 Apr. 2023
• That’s just the beginning: Here are five minutes to fall in love with tenors, the flute, the trumpet, Brahms, string quartets and so much more.
  — Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
• But, in a downturn, the wheeling and dealing just has a different tenor.
  — Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2024
• The tenor saxophonist, then 21 years old, had already recorded with the likes of Miles Davis.
  — Larry Blumenfeld, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
• The tenor bell tolling once a minute for 96 minutes, to mark each year of the queen’s life, is Westminster Abbey’s largest — and heaviest — bell.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2022
• But the tenor of the conversation has changed as more jobs are created and structures go up.
  — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024