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

Let not my mistress in her unkindness kill any of her fair-spoken adorers. 

From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir

He was a fair-spoken gentleman, and I thought you were friends...

From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Wallis, Arthur F.

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