His voice had the brittle edge of a man holding onto calm by strength of will alone.

They have nothing to conceal their sharp flavor and brittle edges.

Glenn asked, conscious of the brittle edge in her voice.

Zouga was smiling, but his voice had a brittle edge.

For the first time, Shynt's voice loses its almost brittle edge.

"By this we make our pledge," he told them, a hard and brittle edge to his voice.

Softly now it answered, the brittle edges of the words rounded off.

Listening to the brittle edge on her voice at the moment was bad enough.

Her face turned hard and there was a brittle edge to her voice now.

She laughed loudly at her own joke, but there was a brittle edge to it.