"Mama, please," the young man behind her whispered in a frantic tone, and tugged at Dottie's arm.

Or their frantic tones of voice.

Alfred cried in a tone no less frantic than the dog's.

The chimpanzee babbled nonsense in a high-pitched, frantic tone.

In the middle of a sentence Nicole broke in, the words pouring out, her tone frantic.

She shook her head, thrown off balance by the frantic tone of his voice.

"So did everybody here," Morgan said in a frantic tone.

Nicole paused, suddenly aware of the frantic tone of his voice.

Then he heard a man's voice coming from down the hall, the tone frantic.

"Two decks up, one-quarter of the way forward," he finally said in a slightly frantic tone.