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The phrase "and speaking in a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when introducing a manner of communication or a specific way of expressing something.
Example: "She was very persuasive, and speaking in a calm tone helped her make her point effectively."
Alternatives: "and communicating in a" or "and expressing in a".
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PREMINGER (nodding, and speaking in a very dry manner): Posthumously!
"She is quite the opposite, understated and speaking in a voice that is hard to hear.
Though looking tired and speaking in a gravelly voice, Mr. Moore displayed his folksy wit.
"I believe in America," Mr. Romney said, wearing a blue tie and speaking in a measured, even voice.
Looking gaunt and speaking in a scratchy voice, he apologized to the nation "for the trouble I have caused".
Bald, dressed in black, and speaking in a semi-comical French accent, Barzaghi was given to preposterous utterances.
"We are all extremely traumatized," Ms. Chery said, holding her 4-month-old baby and speaking in a very quiet Creole.
Dressed in black and speaking in a baritone, he curses and drinks onstage and makes no attempt to whitewash his sins or his opinions.
Sidling into a room with a deferential smile, and speaking in a soft, slightly nasal Long Island accent, Penn portrays Milk as a little shy, at first.
Looking calm and speaking in a measured tone, Mr. Zimmerman, 28, described the final moments before he pulled out his gun and shot Mr. Martin.
Peering through rectangular bifocals and speaking in a voice of practiced patience, he seemed a throwback to the benign movie priests of the forties and fifties.
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