in a whisper

Even when he isn’t sick, Francis often speaks in a whisper and seems to run out of breath easily.

Cat leaned down to talk to him in a whisper.

The Argentine pope had part of one lung removed as a young man because of a respiratory infection, and he often speaks in a whisper even when not sick.

He looks his age; he moves stiffly, often speaks in a whisper.

“I could reenact it once we both have phones again,” Josie offered in a whisper.