sotto voce
Example Sentences
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John: sotto voce, just barely in range: “In the army, perhaps.”
From Salon • Dec. 23, 2025
But instead, the trip is taking place sotto voce.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024
Heads bent close in the candlelight, speaking sotto voce, they made an almost rom-com pair.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2023
But his subsequent sotto voce remark, to the effect that he probably wouldn’t give any of the Manhattan Project scientists clearance under those rules, doesn’t appear anywhere in the 1,011-page hearing transcript.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2023
“Think I’m stupid?” said Alice, but sotto voce.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
