sotto voce
Example Sentences
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John: sotto voce, just barely in range: “In the army, perhaps.”
From Salon • Dec. 23, 2025
Though he’s given to explosive bursts of speech, as the character has developed, the humor he plays becomes more subtle and quiet, peppered with muttered comments and sotto voce asides he means to be heard.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025
But instead, the trip is taking place sotto voce.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024
Heads bent close in the candlelight, speaking sotto voce, they made an almost rom-com pair.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2023
Root, according to a witness, leaned toward friends and suggested sotto voce that they all cut away for cocktails.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
