talk low

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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

An' sometimes, when you talk low, it sounds round and sweet like the 'cello in the Macdonough Theater orchestra.

From The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack

For however this extraordinary interview might end, it must pass if possible without waking Catriona; and the one thing needful was that we should sit close and talk low.

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis

An', Jane," he went on, almost in a whisper, "I reckon it'd be a good idea for us to talk low.

From Riders of the Purple Sage by Grey, Zane

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