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

“But I have engaged to sail with Captain Hawk, and he seems a fair-spoken man,” I urged.

From Peter the Whaler by Austin, Henry

"He's a fair-spoken man, Edmonson; I kind of think he'll square it up, after all," he said hopefully.

From The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories by Graham, Margaret Collier

Falstaff is fair-spoken when he chooses to be, can talk with judgment and good sense, and has at command the arts of a gentlemanly and dignified bearing.

From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman