Sentence examples for speak somewhat from inspiring English sources

He told me many times he didn't want any big deal, but as the years passed, he would speak somewhat wistfully of the lack of acknowledgement.

The voice-over speaks, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, of "the last man".

A male narrator, speaking somewhat breathlessly, reads the script as it passes.

Miss Bennett handed back the map and spoke somewhat pettishly from behind the handkerchief.

The vice president spoke somewhat hurriedly and seemed determined to keep a pleasant demeanor.

But in truth, Tyson is speaking somewhat euphemistically when he refers to passion.

He speaks somewhat lugubriously, in impeccable English, but with hints of wry humour beneath his default setting of high seriousness.

In the article, Ms. Rowling confessed to the ruse and spoke somewhat wistfully of her brief, happy foray into anonymous authorship.

However, it can be true that Schiller spoke somewhat out of school and that O'Keefe's doctoring of the tape was completely corrupt and unethical.

Mr. Bloomberg was speaking somewhat metaphorically, as the chances of all 1.1 million city schoolchildren spending time in the opulent Tweed building are virtually nil.

In a post-facto meeting of administrators, the chancellor speaks somewhat derisively of the protests — comparing them unfavorably to the high-stakes protests of the sixties, in which he was a participant.