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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

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

These largely dull, pedestrian Rangers men playing in front of a mostly hushed and increasingly tired stadium with 15,000 empty seats.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Spoken in a colloquial mix of English and Armenian, the recording became the introduction to “Canopies,” a song with the hushed, rocking cadence of a lullaby that Korkejian wrote from her grandmother’s perspective.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

There’s something so deeply satisfying about the hushed sharing of information.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin