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

“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 Privateer's-Man One hundred Years Ago by Marryat, Frederick

The keepers of these houses seemed very fair-spoken men.

From Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

He had that pardonable pride which will not allow a man to place himself among those who, though outwardly fair-spoken, offer the insult of a hostile and patronizing mental attitude.

From The Bibliotaph and Other People by Vincent, Leon H. (Leon Henry)