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

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

Nesbitt was a soft-spoken presence in a business of outsize egos, says Greg Williamson, a longtime pension-fund executive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

He was a quiet, soft-spoken man who wore old-timey clothes, fedoras, button-down wool coats, suspenders, and dressed neatly at all times, regardless of how dirty his work made him.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride