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 all that time Harold, false-hearted, fair-spoken, mean-spirited Harold, was enjoying himself and playing the gallant to Isabel Walters!

From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant

He himself sheds a few rheums with the fair-looking, fair-spoken Dame, and dedicates to her a few rhymes.

From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares

“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