hushed up
Example Sentences
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Relationships don’t falter because of hard things; they falter when the hard things are ignored and/or hushed up.
From Slate • Mar. 23, 2025
He added: "Unless the process is absolutely right, then there'll still be a lingering doubt that things have been hushed up or swept under a carpet."
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025
In September 2013, he denied that he had hushed up the scandals.
From Reuters • Dec. 31, 2022
Transgender people are part of the history of the American West, but their stories were kept hushed up.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2021
I sent one of my famous glares his way till he hushed up and turned red.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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