But to hear all these long-suffering voices is to realize that feminism didn't arrive an instant too soon.

Anyway," Ramos said in a long-suffering voice, "I took over Chee's spy network two years ago.

"Talak is the villain of the piece," Father said in the long-suffering voice he often used in conversations with his daughter.

And it turns out he has exactly the right voice for his own words: a groan that's jaded, long-suffering, cranky and shrewd.

"It always requires more testing," Carialle remarked in a long-suffering voice.

"Ron hasn't put all his new things in his trunk yet," said Percy, in a long-suffering voice.

'You must be good to your mother, Frankie,' he said now, using the stern long-suffering voice reserved for such interviews as this.

McCoy here, he answered in a long-suffering voice.

The long-suffering voice of Technician Monik said, "The network is down again."

"Cry pardon," Andy said in a long-suffering voice.