How to Use soft-spoken in a Sentence

soft-spoken

adjective
  • 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
  • The Hawks have talked about how the soft-spoken wing can help Bedard not only with his passing but with the subtleties of the game.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Carville talks loudly and a mile-a-minute, while Matsuhisa is generally soft-spoken.
    Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 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
  • Always entering just as the table is being set, Jeffrey presents as the soft-spoken, supportive husband that clearly loves his wife.
    Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
  • This series, soft-spoken veteran Chris Taylor told his teammates in a hitter’s meeting before Game 1 on Saturday, would be all about intensity.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024

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