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
“Hi, Baby Cakes,” she said to the chihuahua/miniature pinscher mix, adding in sotto voce, “He is one of a bonded trio.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2021
Root, according to a witness, leaned toward friends and suggested sotto voce that they all cut away for cocktails.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
