softly

Example Sentences

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She is softly spoken, thoughtful and articulate, sometimes looking to her mum for answers.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Its baroque, acoustic sounds of a pastoral countryside in ye olde England mesh disturbingly well with softly sung, darkly opaque lyrics.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

The dancers — now unified in formations that softly bleed into one another like clouds — demand attention.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

How does the secretary reconcile the value of speaking softly with his boss’s social-media presence?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

As we depart, she says softly, “Perhaps the past isn’t such a lost country after all.”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar