call softly
Frequency: 7.010.1 per million words
to call out to someone in a quiet voice
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Examples (10)
- She had to call softly so as not to wake the baby.
- He called softly to get her attention without alarming anyone.
- "Come here," he called softly, his voice barely a whisper.
- The nurse called softly to the sleeping patient.
- If you need me, just call softly from the other room.
- They heard someone call softly from the shadows.
- She would often call softly to her cat when it was hiding.
- He had called softly, but she still didn't hear him.
- Can you please call softly? The walls are thin.
- A voice called softly from behind the curtain.