"Thank you, sir," Lieutenant Dorn said, her tone clipped and businesslike.

Peter's voice was very cold, the tone clipped with controlled anger and Parker nodded.

"I don't think you understand," the admiral told him, his tone clipped and imperious.

"All right then," Julian said, his tone clipped.

His tone clipped the air between them.

But when he spoke, his tone was clipped, measured, and a threat.

"Perfectly, sir," Spires replied, his tone clipped and formal.

"That is it precisely," Danzas said, his tone remote and clipped.

"I am doing as well as can be expected, Nathan," Kerri said, her tone clipped.

"Thanks for the reminder," he said, his tone clipped as he turned to speak again into the microphone attached to his shirtsleeve.