Sentence examples for tonic from high-quality English sources.

• What is tonic?

• To a lesser degree you can say the same about tonic.

• Tonic-clonic seizures were formerly termed grand mal seizures.

• Those in the third group were told that they were getting tonic, and they did.

• Following the tonic stage, clonic (jerking) movements occur in the arms and legs.

• The central chord is the tonic triad, which is built on the tonic note.

• Tonic Games' other companies include the publishing arm Irregular Corporation and another studio, Fortitude Games.

• The menu has lots of concoctions, or healing potions if you will, that tip their hats to the original combo of gin, tonic, and lime.

Use tonic in a sentence.

• It’s one more reason the gin and tonic is the perfect drink for this long, miserable summer, some of the doggiest days we’ve ever known.

• The term tonic may also refer to the tonic triad, the chord built in thirds from the tonic note (as C–E–G in C major).

• Tonic sol-fa emphasizes the relation of the notes to one another and to the tonic, or key note (do in major scales, la in minor scales).

• Likewise, any modulation or movement away from the tonic key creates tensions that may then be resolved by modulation back to the tonic.

• The strongest harmonic progression in tonal music is from the dominant chord to the tonic triad (i.e., the triad built upon the first note of a diatonic scale).

• Within each key there is a specific hierarchy of strong and weak relationships of notes and chords both to the keynote, or tonic note, and to the chord built on that note, the tonic chord.

• The tonic contraction is independent of the other two types of contractions; however, mixing contractions and peristaltic contractions normally occur simultaneously with the tonic contraction.

• In an authentic cadence, a chord that incorporates the dominant triad (based on the fifth tone of the scale) is followed by the tonic triad (based on the first tone of the scale), V–I; the tonic harmony comes at the end of the phrase.

tonic sentence examples

• More interestingly, you’ll also find creative coffee drinks here, such as the Black Tonic (espresso on ice with tonic water; RM9), Twilight Jeju (iced black coffee with Korean yuzu marmalade; RM9) and Coffee Cubes (creamy milk over frozen coffee ice cubes; RM9).

• The other intervals (seconds, thirds, sixths, and sevenths) are major when they are built from the first degree (tonic) of a major scale and minor when they are one semitone, or half-step, smaller (as in the third, sixth, and seventh built on the tonic of a natural minor scale).

• One man in the group that expected alcohol but received tonic began acting intoxicated and tried to make a date with one of the lab assistants, and several men in the group that expected tonic but received alcohol experienced tremors—a symptom of withdrawal—even though they’d downed multiple vodkas.

• Arsenic and tonic Absinthe has a fearsome reputation, but its anise intrigue still cuts through even in tiny quantities, providing an extra smack of refreshment in a basic G&T. gin 40ml absinthe 10ml (or pastis) lime 1 wedge tonic 100ml mint to garnish Fill a tall glass with ice, introduce the gin and absinthe, squeeze in the lime and drop in the husk, then top up with decent tonic.