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Meanings of sing softly in English

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Usage of sing softly in English
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Lynch began to sing softly and solemnly in a deep bass voice:
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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I swallow and sing softly back, hoping she'll know it's safe to join me.
The Hunger Games
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Then he began to sing softly, the tune lilting and strange, almost a lullaby:
The Name of the Wind
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She began to sing softly this little song, that she had learned in school,-
The Apple Dumpling and Other Stories for Young Boys and Girls
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They then sing softly and sorrowfully, and their feathers stand on end with awe.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
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Cecily, silent until then, began to sing softly in Creole French, a Louisianian air.
Mysteries of Paris — Volume 03
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A voice that cannot sing softly is not rightly produced.
The Head Voice and Other Problems: Practical Talks on Singing
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She began to sing softly, with an air of abstraction.
The Emigrant Trail
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She began to sing softly, wishing now that he would take down his arm.
The Beautiful and Damned
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She began to sing softly to herself Elinor's favorite song:
The Motor Maids in Fair Japan
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The dolls took turns doing this, and heard the shell sing softly and very sweetly.
Raggedy Andy Stories / Introducing the Little Rag Brother of Rag...
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Then he laughed and as he reached his door began to sing softly to himself:
The best early stories of f. scott fitzgerald
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Sam and Pippin sat near, and they began to hum, and then to sing softly:
The lord of the rings
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And then one older youth, who was given to writing songs, began to sing softly:
The Rover Boys In The Mountains; Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune
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As she got closer, she began to sing softly.
The Irish Times
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Then she began to sing softly under her breath.
The Bone Doll's Twin
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Sing softly across language varieties
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