| 1. | Madeleine did not allow the district-attorney to finish he interrupted him in accents full of suavity and authority. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 2. | Monte Cristo on the contrary, preserved a graceful suavity of demeanor, aided by a certain degree of simplicity he could assume at pleasure, and thus possessed the advantage. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |