fair-spoken

Example Sentences

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For 70 of these 90 years, he has been 'a scholar and a ripe and good one; exceeding wise, fair-spoken and persuading.'

From Time Magazine Archive

‘I am Mr. Brandybuck. Is that enough for you? The Bree-folk used to be fair-spoken to travellers, or so I had heard.’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

“And he’s a fine, fair-spoken young fellow; but Sir Mooray hates him like poison, and it can never be.”

From The Sapphire Cross by Fenn, George Manville

Now, this fair-spoken dame, who dotes on the occult and exotic, delights in the aroma of Khalid’s cigarettes and Khalid’s fancy.

From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares

In this fair-spoken message we unhappily find no suggestion that Austria would stop its mobilization, or its military operations against Servia.

From The Evidence in the Case A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia by Beck, James M. (James Montgomery)