fair-spoken

Example Sentences

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For 70 of these 90 years, he has been 'a scholar and a ripe and good one; exceeding wise, fair-spoken and persuading.'

From Time Magazine Archive

‘I am Mr. Brandybuck. Is that enough for you? The Bree-folk used to be fair-spoken to travellers, or so I had heard.’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

He was a fair-spoken gentleman, and I thought you were friends...

From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Wallis, Arthur F.

He had that pardonable pride which will not allow a man to place himself among those who, though outwardly fair-spoken, offer the insult of a hostile and patronizing mental attitude.

From The Bibliotaph and Other People by Vincent, Leon H. (Leon Henry)

“But I have engaged to sail with Captain Hawk, and he seems a fair-spoken man,” I urged.

From Peter the Whaler by Austin, Henry