"I warned you," said the small man in a vicious tone.

If the words and the vicious tone in which they were delivered had shocked her, it was nothing to the visual impact.

His team set a vicious tone from the outset Wednesday, hitting three home runs in an inning for the first time in four years.

The vicious tone does him no credit whatsoever and in fact only serves to tarnish the image of the party.

He ignored protocol and repeated his question in the same vicious tone as before.

The muttering of the crowd swelled and took on a vicious tone.

'When the time comes that will be a pleasure,' Doreen hissed in a vicious tone.

He swung his horse around and swore, muttering in a low, vicious tone.

But Theda heard only the landlady's vicious tone following her.

There had been that vicious tone in Honeypeach's voice when she had said goodbye.