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

“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

Let not my mistress in her unkindness kill any of her fair-spoken adorers. 

From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir

“Well, I pity him from my heart; for he is a good youth and a fair-spoken and a handsome, too; and I’m sure that he has no idea of his unfortunate situation.”

From The Privateersman by Marryat, Frederick