"I'm afraid poor dad's having a bad time of it," she said, and her voice broke slightly.

"You are truly loathsome," she said, her voice breaking slightly.

The voice broke slightly as the fellow struggled to regain his composure.

He was perhaps twenty feet off the ground, but he broke the fall slightly by grabbing at a branch or two on the way down.

Her voice broke slightly, and she took a deep, shuddering breath.

"I tried to stop her, sir," Howard said, his voice breaking slightly.

Just for a last moment of happiness," Greta said in a voice that broke slightly.

Speckler's voice broke slightly and Paul suddenly realized that deep down the reporter already knew, but couldn't admit it to himself.

"I don't know about that," replied the world's biggest male box office star, his voice breaking slightly.

His voice broke slightly, the stress and worry clearly audible.