Tea ready, I was going to approach the table; but she desired me to sit still, quite in her old peremptory tones.

When quite close to them she spoke a single Martian word in low but peremptory tones.

"You need to call upon power," said the Hetman in a peremptory tone, when the general had finished.

Dr. Coffee was surprised at the peremptory tone of his own voice.

Then she called in a harsh and peremptory tone: "Mary."

As it often did, his peremptory tone grated on the tribune.

Bob was about to protest the peremptory tone, but decided he wouldn't.

He told me in the same peremptory tone to lie still.

The reporter's voice went back to a peremptory tone.

HIS voice had taken on a peremptory tone of command.