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.
  • Then the tenor in the room turned.
    — Kavitha Surana, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • Then the tenor in the room turned.
    — Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 26 May 2026
  • The tenor of his game is all there.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • That’s when the tenor of the game changed.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 30 May 2026
  • Craig, who's a tenor, opens the song alone.
    — Lisa Hughes, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • In these measures, the tenor does.
    — Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The sequence changed the tenor of the game.
    — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • His tenor carries weight in that realm, too.
    — Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Royce with his light lyric tenor and a more pop/urban sound.
    — Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 25 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • The tenor shifts quickly, and so does the market.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
  • His voice is hoarse with age but still has a tenor’s vibrancy.
    — Sophie Neiman, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2023
  • As the tenor of fashion changes, so goes beauty.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The tenor who helped bridge the gap between folk and pop was 86.
    — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
  • The other has a flat script and the tenor of a Hallmark movie.
    — Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But Tatum sensed that the game’s tenor was beginning to shift.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Two books, both by English tenors and both on the nature of song.
    — Eric Felten, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The whole tenor and tone of the campaign was much more calm and moderate.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Timmy must pay, and what better price than losing to a tenor?
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The council’s breakfast ahead of the vote set the tenor for the debate.
    — Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Then again, in a town of this size and tenor, everyone is a prime suspect.
    — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Without a crucial swing vote to be won over, the tenor of the Court has changed.
    — Michael Waldman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
  • But that, at least in part, is what gives her crush such a devout and visionary tenor.
    — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • And the tenor of the conversations isn’t going to know what hit it.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 9 Sep. 2022
  • That changed the entire tenor of discussions.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • The tenor of his speeches would harmonize with the public mood.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 1 July 2023
  • Time will tell how much that history will impact the tenor of next year’s contract talks.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025

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