talk low

Example Sentences

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He writes about meeting Wayne, who gave him this advice on making it in Hollywood: "Remember to talk low, talk slow and don't say too much."

From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2010

Scouts should always talk low and quietly, and also should always move quietly and lightly.

From Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns by Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron

So thou shalt go through the garden gate and hear again the whispering of the souls when they talk low where sing the voices of the gods.

From Time and the Gods by Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron

And it made us hush down, too, and talk low, like people at a funeral.

From Tom Sawyer Abroad by Twain, Mark

Beside the vaudeville aspirants, another group, which was also taking advantage of the uproar to talk low, was discussing a duel.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence