| Mrs. Stannidge thereupon said with a considerate peremptoriness that she and her mother had better take their own suppers if they meant to have any. |
| And yet she had a curious impulse, an inner conviction that urged with a peremptoriness that over-rode subterfuge. |
| He spoke with peremptoriness, as he placed a chair for her feet, so that she might sit with her back to the loom. |
| A deep, masculine voice, unmistakable in the peremptoriness of its command, sounded from the massed tangle of the hillside. |
| Nettie's haste and peremptoriness were mixed, if it must be told, with a little resentment against the world in general. |
| From the start, they demonstrate the peculiar mixture of peremptoriness and ingratiation that would characterize his relationships throughout his life. |
