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The younger Profaci, slim and soft-spoken, had on a plaid shirt, tan jeans, and running shoes, and was accompanied by his wife, Beth Saidel, a writer.
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Susan Mulcahy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Somewhat soft-spoken, Riccoboni is hardly timid in his art.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2025
At breakfast, the hyperkinetic youngster quizzed the silver-coiffed, soft-spoken Hotz, who’s a half-century his senior.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
Vaccarello, shy and soft-spoken, has managed to reign at one of the great houses without becoming a household name or a glittering public personage in the manner of John Galliano or Marc Jacobs.
—Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
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Susan Mulcahy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Somewhat soft-spoken, Riccoboni is hardly timid in his art.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2025
At breakfast, the hyperkinetic youngster quizzed the silver-coiffed, soft-spoken Hotz, who’s a half-century his senior.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
Vaccarello, shy and soft-spoken, has managed to reign at one of the great houses without becoming a household name or a glittering public personage in the manner of John Galliano or Marc Jacobs.
—Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Soft-spoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soft-spoken. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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