He did remember a suspiciously brittle tone in her voice.

The brittle tone of her voice reverberated off the surrounding rock walls.

When Glenn recognized his own tired brittle tones he regretted the words.

"There's something down hi the wheelwell," he said in a brittle tone.

The one speaking now had a high and brittle tone, like that of a woman of advanced years.

Never in her life had mother spoken to her in that hard, brittle tone.

We stood there by his twitching body until Rhodan spoke out in brittle tones.

Then, her tone suddenly brittle: "Did you want a complete schedule?"

"Good evening," she said, her tone a bit brittle.

Captain Picard did not like the brittle tone of his counterpart's announcement.