Sentence examples for began softly from inspiring English sources

"Theo," he began, softly.

His verdict: "I can hear the drum loop under that one to start," he began softly.

On "715 – CR∑∑KS," he began softly, approaching each pitch as if he were cresting a hill.

It was easy to raise one's voice to these tunes, which usually began softly and built to anthemic conclusions.

The Army band, with sousaphones flashing, marched to the center of the field, arrayed itself there on a round stage, and began softly playing solemn hymns.

"One idea for the anniversary was I'd use my A.T.M. card and go into the Capital One lobby with a microphone and do Lenny there," he began, softly — then, Bruce-like, planted the needle: "That's about the only thing that could probably still get me arrested".

We begin softly, in Brooklyn.

SAMUEL BARBER'S Adagio for Strings begins softly, with a single note, a B flat, played by the violins.

Boléro, one-movement orchestral work composed by Maurice Ravel and known for beginning softly and ending, according to the composer's instructions, as loudly as possible.

Songs typically begin softly and build to a dense, mesmeric frenzy — a trajectory that mirrors the odd and disorienting path of finding oneself suddenly (and, often, without recourse) in thrall to another.

On the long high note that begins the first phrase of "Aure, deh, per pieta," from "Giulio Cesare," he presented a textbook demonstration of "messa di voce," the vocal technique in which a sustained tone begins softly, builds in sound and diminishes to the original soft dynamic.