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

The result has been a more dynamic broadcast that has captured sotto voce moments among members not typically witnessed by the general public — and some have gone viral online.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2023

But until fairly recently, the symptoms of this physical experience have been cloaked in banal terms, uttered sotto voce if at all.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2022

Root, according to a witness, leaned toward friends and suggested sotto voce that they all cut away for cocktails.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson