hushed
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Though the song starts out hushed, the metallic percussion hints at industrial music, and when the strings arrive they lean toward Eastern European-style modal melodies, lending a colorful and slightly kitschy swoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Nasa is flying the X-59 in conjunction with community surveys to assess what people think when a supersonic boom is bent by the planes stretched nose and hushed up.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
This time Laya’s hushed solo was slightly audible and equally astonishing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
In 1997, the nation's hearts went out to the two young boys, then aged 15 and 12, as they accompanied Diana's coffin through hushed London streets at her funeral.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Her question is hushed but desperate, as if she knows that I’m thinking about choosing chaos over the more sensible option.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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