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 himself sheds a few rheums with the fair-looking, fair-spoken Dame, and dedicates to her a few rhymes.
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
He was a fair-spoken youth, obviously of some education.
From Leaves from a Field Note-Book by Morgan, John Hartman
He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one, exceeding wise, fair-spoken and persuading.
From Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Brown, E. E.
