Tony spoke flatly, with an edge on the word.

"Nobody can get into this place," she spoke flatly.

He spoke flatly, a doctor perhaps concerned with a hospital patient's high blood pressure.

She spoke flatly, not even a tremor in her voice.

Foxy spoke flatly, as if he were thinking of something else.

She controlled her breathing with a great effort and spoke flatly.

Reinhart spoke flatly: he had made the decision some hours before.

Instead, he spoke flatly, no comment in his voice.

She had been speaking flatly, without emotion, but now her face worked and her voice choked a little.

She spoke flatly, as though going through a speech she had memorized.