I said that is my whip,' he repeated, with a hard, ominous note in his voice.

She has even received a bouquet with an ominous note.

Then at last the girl came back to her, but, even as she began to speak, Lisa could sense an ominous note in her voice.

His voice had taken on an ominous note, and he paused for a moment to allow the more serious mood to take effect.

The ominous note was not even included in intelligence summaries.

Abruptly all three bands played a long and ominous note.

I don't like surprises, he added with an ominous note in his voice.

The wind in his Skill-song took on a less ominous note.

They also carried an ominous note of readiness for events that were to come.

"I seem to detect an almost ominous note in their singular choice of words."