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's a fair-spoken man, Edmonson; I kind of think he'll square it up, after all," he said hopefully.

From The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories by Graham, Margaret Collier

The keepers of these houses seemed very fair-spoken men.

From Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one; Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading; Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him sweet as summer.

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various