hushed
Example Sentences
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And nine out of ten times, she added in a hushed voice, “well, you know.”
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
In Ankara, Turkish riders on horseback flanked Trump's limousine as it drove through the hushed streets to the presidential palace where an honour guard in red and blue uniforms greeted him.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 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
The walls carry bottles, cans, jars, and echo hushed conversation.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
It is a question that others have asked in hushed whispers throughout the afternoon and has been met with various answers, few of them satisfying.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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