That tone in her voice always got his attention, perhaps because his mother had used it so effectively some years ago.

The tone of his voice got through to her.

It must have been the heat, and I guess my own state of mind, or maybe that woman's tone of voice finally got to me.

His tone would get deeper as the gig went on.

More than her words, she thought, her tone got through to Tom.

Her tone had gotten to him, but he couldn't complain.

The tone, I hope, will get bigger and the resonance deeper.

Perhaps she didn't know the facts, but the general tone of what he had written must have gotten through to her.

She had that bitter tone a woman gets when she's been dumped.

"That tone will get you nothing but a beating."