soft-spoken

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As Sir David Attenborough marks his centenary, one achievement is often overlooked: how the world's famously soft-spoken naturalist helped create an industry employing thousands and earning millions, centred on Bristol.

From BBC • May 9, 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

Watching them interviewed side by side, Sid soft-spoken and rambling, Marty fidgety and anxious to get to the point, their dynamic is abundantly clear.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The biracial makeup of the team was of special significance to February, forty, a soft-spoken black paleoecologist and a climber of international renown.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer