sotto voce
Example Sentences
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John: sotto voce, just barely in range: “In the army, perhaps.”
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025
But instead, the trip is taking place sotto voce.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2024
He clearly relishes soft playing, with sensitive effects of distant bells and moonlit drizzles in Messiaen’s “La Colombe” and “Le Nombre Léger,” and a murmured sotto voce in Chopin’s Op.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
At each turn, Grandma elbowed me and asked, not sotto voce: “What are they saying?”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2021
Later, Kimberly, sotto voce, told Ifemelu, “Morgan’s really hard on him. He tries so hard and she won’t let him in. She just won’t.”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
