The king, seeing David's surprise, tried to explain his terse command.

The caller rang off with a terse command to have Kathryn call him at the first opportunity.

Koval spoke a terse command to the computer on his desk.

He gave a few more terse commands, and the group rode quickly forward to surround the twins.

He uttered a terse command to his computer and a chair floated over.

It wasn't until his terse command that Mary realized how small she had become in the chair.

The King had paused only long enough to snatch a meal as he gave terse commands.

The leader barked a terse command, and the men quieted.

Through the entire grim ordeal no one, except for a few terse commands, had spoken to him.

As the women poured into the room she snapped a terse command.