How to Use soft-spoken in a Sentence

soft-spoken

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• The shock rocker and his band turned out to be bookish and soft-spoken, which was a great gag. 5.
  — Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 June 2023
• Raines glides to the hoop with strength and speed and gives nothing away with her soft-spoken demeanor.
  — Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2023
• Conway, who works for Caltech and spoke on video from his home in Mammoth Lakes, is the more soft-spoken of the two.
  — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2023
• Ryan was shy, sweet and soft-spoken, a perfect foil for the magnetic Trista.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
• The one wearing the body camera has a high, soft-spoken voice that seems to belie his mission.
  — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023
• Archbishop José Gomez, the soft-spoken, hard-line prelate.
  — Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
• The soft-spoken, mild-mannered White, who was acquired from the Spurs in a midseason trade last year, has turned into a key piece.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
• Valdez is tattooed, soft-spoken, and a little bit awkward.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
• Carpenter, a soft-spoken transfer from Indiana, was a two-year starter for the Hoosiers.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2024
• Tawney was this soft-spoken, devout woman, while Sandy is this very showy and outgoing con artist.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2023
• Angus Cloud, who played the soft-spoken and beloved character Fezco on Euphoria, died on Monday at the age of 25.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2023
• Small in stature and soft-spoken, Patterson refused to go negative on the campaign trail.
  — Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2024
• But that hope, in one way or another, comes back to the rookie the Hornets got right — Charlotte’s soft-spoken, smiley, silky smooth scorer.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2024
• Cohen, who is fifty-eight, bald, and soft-spoken, returned home and went to pick up his daughter—who also lived in the kibbutz and who, his wife had told him, was frantic.
  — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
• The soft-spoken aspiring actor admits her first week at the Utah high school was difficult.
  — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2024
• Jeremiah Wright, a 17-year-old senior, began the summer as a soft-spoken, almost shy youngster.
  — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
• Shaeffer—attentive and soft-spoken—sorts the Mylar pieces on the table.
  — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2024
• Good thing the guy (Bill Skarsgård) who’s staying there seems so sweet, soft-spoken, and accommodating.
  — Wired, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
• Some knew him — a soft-spoken, bespectacled 24-year-old who dreamed of becoming a teacher.
  — Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
• His soft-spoken, folksy demeanor in an age of more-combative leaders won him admirers abroad.
  — Winda Charmila, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024
• Shy and soft-spoken, Mason arrives at the house later that afternoon and we’re briefly introduced over cups of ginger and turmeric tea.
  — Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2023
• Sauvé is extremely soft-spoken, her slight Quebecois accent lilting over the crowd’s hush.
  — Cameron Cook, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2023
• In keeping with the gentleness of touch implicit in his surfaces, Marden tended to be soft-spoken, laid back, even mild-mannered.
  — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• Sanaa is very soft-spoken, very gentle — but obviously steely.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 June 2023
• For a wealthy, handsome, globe-trotting athlete, Mr. Sargeant can be soft-spoken and endearingly self-conscious.
  — Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 13 May 2023
• At least one critic takes issue with that soft-spoken temperament.
  — Kalpana Jain, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Feb. 2023
• Ernie tells the story of its soft-spoken, big-dreaming protagonist, played by Adinolfi — a man who’s worried he’s wasted too much time with his head in various clouds.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
• Like Ted Bundy, the soft-spoken Nilsen is highly articulate and even charming, but his cover was an unassuming, mousy demeanor.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• Though soft-spoken and exquisitely mannered, Dr. Swaminathan could be persistent.
  — Keith Schneider, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• Like most of the actor's early roles, Robert Graysmith starts the film as a gentle, soft-spoken character with a quiet but sweet disposition that radiates naivety.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024