There was a harsh note in his voice that made her shiver.

There was a harsh little note in her voice, defiant and unpleasant.

"Dead," Cadrach said after a moment, a harsh note in his voice.

Suddenly she laughed on rather a harsh note, narrowing her eyes.

A harsh note had crept into her soft voice as she addressed him.

It had, if anything, not a softened, but a harsher note.

Yet, for the most part, books about the world to come sound a harsh metallic note.

Its harsh note tolled on the air like a bell.

The harsh note seemed was no response and after waiting a minute almost menacing.

Again, and once more, the harsh notes jangled through the heavy air.