soft-spoken

Example Sentences

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He described his son as kind, soft-spoken and deeply devoted to his family.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

As Othello, Mr. Quinn is at first surprisingly soft-spoken, not putting too much polish on the character’s transfixing eloquence—“the Othello music,” as critics have called it—in his recitation of how he won Desdemona’s love.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

If anything, I considered myself to be a soft-spoken person.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

“Kayce found his little peace of heaven, getting everything he ever wanted and fought for,” said Luke Grimes, who plays the soft-spoken Dutton in “Yellowstone.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

But the president of the Icelandic Chess Federation, thirty-two-year-old Gudmundur Thorarinsson, a soft-spoken engineer with an interest in Shakespeare, was wary of Bobby.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady