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
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‘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
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He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one, exceeding wise, fair-spoken and persuading.
From Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Brown, E. E.
“Well, I pity him from my heart; for he is a good youth and a fair-spoken and a handsome, too; and I’m sure that he has no idea of his unfortunate situation.”
From The Privateersman by Marryat, Frederick
He was a fair-spoken gentleman, and I thought you were friends...
From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Wallis, Arthur F.