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 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
“Think I’m stupid?” said Alice, but sotto voce.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
