I sat there for a second, half stunned by the matter-of-fact statement by my uncle.

"You were a member of the Friday Club as long as eight years ago," Barbara said, making it a matter-of-fact statement rather than a question.

What saves the work are the follow-up pictures and the matter-of-fact statements by the people themselves.

"It's not a jail," he said quietly, his tone belying the matter-of-fact statement of his words.

Her matter-of-fact statement was followed by a laugh that said, "And why languish as a giantess when it is so much fun to be a myth?"

Riker's reply should have been a relief; instead, the matter-of-fact statement called forth a stab of annoyance.

Denys wasn't sure he believed her matter-of-fact statement.

It was a plain-spoken, matter-of-fact statement, but every-beast within hearing knew that the Assassin was not joking.

No more straight, direct, matter-of-fact statements in that nasal American-Balinese accent of his.

She realized how much was behind the matter-of-fact statement.