For a positive confrontation, Ms. Pachter offers: "Explain your problem -- 'I'm exhausted from a long day of work' -- and assert yourself softly by asking her to help: 'Could you please lower your voice?"' Use the same approach when pointy shoes poke your back, kids bounce or drool on you and newspaper readers spread the op-ed page onto your lap.
Would you please lower the volume until you or I have finished pumping our gas?'the guard would have lowered the volume immediately.
Thanks so much!" 4. "Martin, can you please lower the volume?
Would you please lower the volume of your voice on the telephone?
Please lower your price and mail yourself to me.
"As per our conversation," one Upper West Side owner wrote in longhand, "please lower our rental to $2,900 for this weekend's ad" -- down from $3,100.
There was the man who told me that he was surprised I was dressed in a short skirt because I actually seemed quite frigid (during the "discussion" which followed he asked me several times to "please lower your voice, other people are listening").
For example, the Toro Rosso team in its race preview came up with a long list of details that it likes about the race, including this particularly humorous observation: "For those of you who are coming to the track by tram, note this sign on a bus: 'When you leave this vehicle, please lower your head and watch your step.
Please lower taxes, increase wages, increase pensions".
For the love of God, Hillary, please lower your voice.
"I had to ask her to please lower her voice because, I told her, I was really hungover.
