softly

Example Sentences

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I knock softly and poke my head through the cracked door.

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Voices drifted out to meet him as he trod softly among the shadows on the grass.

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I asked her so softly I could hardly hear myself.

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“Not much chance of two kids surviving if the whole island’s gone,” Kenny said softly.

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In the middle of the night, if he woke up and was bored, he kicked his blanket off, lifted his legs in the air, pointed with his finger, and said softly, "Knee, knee, knee."

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