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

I can talk low without turning my head, and the officer cannot tell that I am not talking to Murphy.

From Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York by Osborne, Thomas Mott

"But can you really hear—if they talk low?"

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert

When he talk low, an' one word soun' same ez anudder, den somebody better git out'n his way.

From International Short Stories American by Various

She taught me how to talk low and how to act in company.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Various