ask calmly
Frequency: 7.513.0 per million words
to pose a question in a quiet and controlled voice
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Examples (10)
- Even when he's upset, he tries to ask calmly for an explanation.
- The police officer asked calmly where I was on the night of the incident.
- While the building was shaking, she was calmly asking everyone to follow her to the exit.
- Please ask calmly; there's no need to shout.
- I will approach the manager tomorrow and ask calmly for a review of my case.
- You should ask calmly if you want a rational response.
- He told me he asked calmly, but the customer still got upset.
- Despite the chaos, the negotiator continued to ask calmly about the hostage-taker's demands.
- Knowing it was important to de-escalate, he asked calmly what was wrong.
- The child, surprisingly, asked calmly if his parents were coming back.