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
But until fairly recently, the symptoms of this physical experience have been cloaked in banal terms, uttered sotto voce if at all.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2022
“I wouldn’t have your job, Sister, for a thousand a day,” said Beatrice sotto voce to the nurse.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
