softly

Example Sentences

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Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, until deeply golden at the edges and softly set in the center.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Her daughter said softly: “You guys weren’t worried about her before, so leave her alone now.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

It is brutal talk, from a softly spoken man, but Brovdi refuses to be "gnawed by pity".

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

“All the sweets and all the terrors of human lot lay in his mind,” Emerson writes, “as truly but as softly as the landscape lies on the eye.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

His reply emerges softly through the quiet dark behind me.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin