Sotto Voce

Word: Sotto Voce

Context: Returnng to the border, then, imagine it President Trump had sotto voce encouraged Republican governors and his allies in congress to draw attention to the humanitarian and security situation along America's southern border and to the inland effects of illicit cross-border trade.

Source: National Review; Feb. 11, 2019; p 18; Crisis Politics by Luke Thompson.

Sotto voce: sot·to vo·ce, /ˌsädō ˈvōCHē/, adverb & adjective, adverb: sotto voce; adjective: sotto voce (of singing or a spoken remark) in a quiet voice, as if not to be overheard.

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