Cugel gave a peremptory rap on the counter.

There was a peremptory rap on the door behind me.

The next morning Martin was awakened by a peremptory rap on the door.

At that moment, there was a peremptory rap and the back door opened.

There was a peremptory rap at the door, and with impeccable Gallic timing, the chambermaid pushed her way in backward, carelessly gouging the door with a billet of wood as she turned.

The thieves, snarling disbelief, closed in, but Slevyas halted them with a peremptory rap.

Five peremptory raps sounded on the door, and he quirked an eyebrow as if to say, You see what barbarians our hosts are.

She was shaken from her reverie by a sharp, peremptory rap on the door.

Singhalissa made a small movement, but Lorcas gave a peremptory rap on the table with his knuckles, causing Singhalissa and Destian to look at him questioningly.

We heard the peremptory rap of the point of Earl's snake stick on the body of the truck.