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• s  having a speaking manner that is not loud or harsh
  she was always soft-spoken

• But this soft-spoken humility belies a toughness present from the start.
• A few weeks before the demonstration, PTI interviewed Li Hongzhi, the soft-spoken 47-year-old creator of Falun Gong, in Manhattan where he settled after leaving China a year ago.
• He is an unlikely firebrand: the soft-spoken son of a blacksmith who still sometimes drives a 30-year-old Peugeot.

News & Articles

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• Iran's next president called 'diplomat sheik' by supporters
  Hassan Rowhani is a soft-spoken centrist with conservative tendencies who has taken on increasingly moderate viewpoints in recent weeks. TEHRAN — A week ago, many observers viewed Iran's presidential election as a horse-race among conservative hard-liners hostile to reform. Then came an unexpected surge in support for Hassan Rowhani, a soft-spoken, bespectacled and bearded cleric who is now ...
  June 16, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
• Details of Yuri Gagarin’s Tragic Death Revealed
  On the morning of April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin lifted off aboard Vostok 1 to become the first human in space, spending 108 minutes in orbit before landing in the Saratov region of the USSR. The soft-spoken and well-mannered Gagarin, just 27 years old at the time, became an instant hero, representing the [...]
  June 14, 2013 - Universe Today
• Markey-Gomez debate scorecard
  Most improved: Gabriel Gomez. He was more soft-spoken and less harsh, while still getting some jabs in at Ed Markey’s longevity in Washington. Markey kept his cool but didn’t succeed in making Gomez out to be an evil Republican. Best zinger: Gomez wins for this: “You are Washington, D.C., and you own the national debt, Sir.” Markey’s best effort: “Subsidizing oil companies to drill is like ...
  June 12, 2013 - Boston Herald

Quotes

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• Jeff Suppan in Forbes
  He was quiet, kind of soft-spoken, but definitely a good guy,said Brewers pitcher Jeff Suppan, the NL championship series MVP last year. "It's a sad day. Your feelings go out toward his family and his teammates now. That's tough to get...
• Doug Gilmour in Montreal Gazette
  Doug Gilmour told the Calgary Sun that the most feared man in hockey was actually "a big teddy bear. Off the ice he was soft-spoken. He laughed and smiled. But when he put a helmet on and would go on the ice, he was a fierce competitor."
• Don Cherry in Calgary Herald
  I've seen them all and I haven't see any tougher than him,hockey commentator Don Cherry told the Canadian Press. "He was the best. He was a gentle giant. He was so soft-spoken when you would sit down and chat with him he'd almost whisper."