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

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

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

“Think I’m stupid?” said Alice, but sotto voce.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman