She was always soft-spoken. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Naranjo, the public defender, said he never had a problem with Nellessen, whom he described as soft-spoken, courteous and polite. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference
At 58, Days is an astute, soft-spoken, deliberate man. From Wordnik.com. [Uneasy Days In Court] Reference
She's chatty and candid, but more soft-spoken, less "on.". From Wordnik.com. [Tops Of The Morning] Reference
The slippery, soft-spoken Malkovich is a master of wormy menace. From Wordnik.com. [Go Ahead, Take My Prez] Reference
A soft-spoken prince charming, he behaves like a foreign tourist. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Prince, Not Leader] Reference
The American artist is thin, fine-featured, evenhanded and soft-spoken. From Wordnik.com. [Lichtenstein On The Line] Reference
The Pakistani guerrilla commander is thin, soft-spoken and ever so polite. From Wordnik.com. [A Secret Army's Vow] Reference
But McAteer, a soft-spoken 43-year-old, doesn't take the drug to get high. From Wordnik.com. [Lollipops & Lawsuits] Reference
The soft-spoken Ghanaian diplomat replied that the article was flatly wrong. From Wordnik.com. [The Strains Are Finally Showing] Reference
One said, "A soft-spoken prince charming, he behaves like a foreign tourist.". From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Prince, Not Leader] Reference
She was also one of the most soft-spoken, articulate people I have ever heard. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL: A VICTORY FOR GEORGE W. BUSH] Reference
He is bald, soft-spoken and small enough to fit into the trunk of a Volkswagen. From Wordnik.com. [Great White Male] Reference
But Kent, a soft-spoken, mild-mannered Oxford graduate, is surprised at this reaction. From Wordnik.com. [Rapine And Pillage, Inc.] Reference
With a soft-spoken, affectless voice, Bradley sounds more like a therapist than a pol. From Wordnik.com. [The Outside Shot] Reference
"He's very soft-spoken," says Mayor Muslimin Sema, a high-school classmate of Murad's. From Wordnik.com. [The Road To Peace] Reference
That was too much for Rep. Dennis Hastert, the usually soft-spoken Speaker of the House. From Wordnik.com. [A 'Forced Group Hug'] Reference
This definition has already kept out people like Lincoln, a soft-spoken 87-year-old Karen. From Wordnik.com. [‘Kept In a State of Limbo’] Reference
And being a soft-spoken fellow who doesn't like self-promotion, well, that's just a bonus. From Wordnik.com. [Arts Extra: Less Is Mueck] Reference
A big man with graying hair, Harris, 58, is soft-spoken, twinkly-eyed and unfailingly polite. From Wordnik.com. [Second Helping] Reference
Tall, soft-spoken and handsome, Spangenburger is the cream of the 660 students in his school. From Wordnik.com. [Falling Through The Cracks] Reference
"Us Canadians, we're kind of understated by nature," Marcus Davies told me in his soft-spoken way. From Wordnik.com. [No Country for Sick Men] Reference
Seated beside him on a black velvet couch, Faith Burns, 34, is the soft-spoken half of the family. From Wordnik.com. ['Improvement Is A Myth'] Reference
Along the way he made friends the only way this gentle, soft-spoken man seemed to know how, for life. From Wordnik.com. [Journalist, Jazzman, Gentleman] Reference
Such bravado is precisely what gave Thaksin an edge over his soft-spoken rival, Prime Minister Chuan. From Wordnik.com. [MOMENT OF GLORY?] Reference
"It's about translating things I'm feeling in my life into clothes," says the soft-spoken Jersey native. From Wordnik.com. [THE DESIGN DOZEN] Reference
But this week brought a harsh reality check from a normally soft-spoken visitor, King Abdullah of Jordan. From Wordnik.com. ['A Tremendous Mistake'] Reference
The soft-spoken epidemiologist finished his report in three months -- and decided to stay in the district. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Light Revolution] Reference
He may have been soft-spoken and cheerful, but there was a steeliness he brought to the negotiating table. From Wordnik.com. [Mourning A Man Of Peace] Reference
Mary Evans is a gentle and soft-spoken woman, but she doesn't apologize for her case managers 'strong tactics. From Wordnik.com. [The School Of Hard Knocks] Reference
In person Tucker, 24, is so soft-spoken and laid-back that you wonder if he's got an evil twin who wears the skirts. From Wordnik.com. [Motor Mouth Man] Reference
We witness a politician at the top of his game: Freeman's wily Mandela is a master of charm and soft-spoken gravitas. From Wordnik.com. [‘Invictus’: A Whole New Ballgame] Reference
The company was founded by a partnership led by Ralph Roberts, a soft-spoken gentleman who seems patrician but isn't. From Wordnik.com. [Cable's A-Team] Reference
Little wonder, perhaps, that Neverland, with its carnival rides and soft-spoken, childlike proprietor, seemed like Eden. From Wordnik.com. [From Moonwalk To Perp Walk] Reference
And he heeded his coach, Gustavo Thoeni, a soft-spoken and graceful ex-champion whose style provided the right counterpoint. From Wordnik.com. [The Power And The Glory Of 'La Bomba'] Reference
Atwater's right-hand man in South Carolina had been a soft-spoken, deceptively mild-mannered good ole boy named Warren Tompkins. From Wordnik.com. [Pumping Iron, Digging Gold, Pressing Flesh] Reference
In person, the mosque's assistant imam, Murtadha Mustafa al-Zaidi, is a soft-spoken 30-year-old in a long gray robe and dusty flip-flops. From Wordnik.com. [A City On The Brink] Reference
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