Ned ignored the man's excitement and asked crisply: "Have you left a guard on it?

He looked around at the staring faces and asked crisply, "Don't any of you have work to do?"

His suspicions aroused, he got out of the car and crisply asked for identification.

Captain Nelyssa asked crisply.

The Witch of Shadowdale asked crisply, "Have we a bargain, then?"

I asked crisply.

Mister Wolf, the last to be released, asked crisply as he stepped out of his cell.

Aunt Pol asked crisply.

Mason asked crisply, "What happened after that?"

At one point, the general asked crisply: What about Nigeria and South Africa?