low voice

No matter how antagonistic the question or the barb, Jackson keeps a low voice and a respectful tone.

“I cannot accept this agreement,” he said in a low voice, in English.

Suddenly she stopped laughing, and said in a low voice, "You don't happen to have a beefsteak about you, do you?"

Dorothy put her arm across her shoulder, and spoke in a low voice, meant to be calm, but which trembled with suppressed emotion.

Poor Nora hung her head as she asked in a low voice if Jim really thought her father was engaged in illegal practices.

Hans Nilsen either remained silent, or merely spoke a few words in a low voice to Sarah.

She said something in a very low voice; he could not hear it, though he bent down his head—but he took her hand again.