softly

Example Sentences

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She spoke softly with her blonde hair tied back in a bun while her lawyers asked that she be given proper medical treatment, including an xray of potentially bruised ribs and a fracture.

From BBC

“Whoever is going through the same that I did, keep fighting,” Ramos-Brito said softly.

From Los Angeles Times

"I think they're lovely things," he says softly, with a chuckle.

From BBC

But during a particularly chaotic little stretch this winter — flight delays, a bumpy descent, the kind of head-cold that makes the world feel softly underwater — I found myself craving the bakery comfort of one anyway.

From Salon

Yet from that painful personal source emerges something unfortunately indistinct, as though softly blanketed by the snow that sifts slowly down during this holiday drama.

From The Wall Street Journal