"Glad to see you, commodore," returned Galden, in a terse tone.

He took a deep breath, angered by the terse and haughty tone of the communication.

The alarm he felt temporarily back under control, Alan adopted Lauren's terse tone.

"Allow me to introduce myself," announced the newcomer, in a terse, authoritative tone.

Jadzia's terse tone turned suddenly angry as Jake saw her hit her combadge sharply.

From his terse tone, Catherine knew instantly that she had touched a very private pain.

"We're okay, Hannah," the priest said, his tone terse, his hands fighting to free himself from the young nun sprawled over him.

About this poem Stevens wrote, in the terse and bearish tone he reserved for such commentary, that it was "simply an expression of paganism."

"No." His terse tone of voice warned her that he wasn't interested in talking about marriage.

After their first meeting in Athens, Alex had taken on a succinct if not terse tone in all communications.