soft-spoken

Example Sentences

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He described his son as kind, soft-spoken and deeply devoted to his family.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

If anything, I considered myself to be a soft-spoken person.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

Levy brings a soft-spoken breathlessness you may recognize from his David Rose on “Schitt’s”; his softly muttered “OK,” which might just mean “stop talking,” is almost a trademark.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Nesbitt was a soft-spoken presence in a business of outsize egos, says Greg Williamson, a longtime pension-fund executive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Her own life with her soft-spoken widowed mother had been different.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry