hush up
Example Sentences
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Harry is suing Mail on Sunday publisher Associated Newspapers Ltd. over an article alleging he tried to hush up his separate legal challenge over the British government’s refusal to let him pay for police security.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
Glasnost faced a dramatic test in April 1986, when a nuclear power station exploded in Chornobyl, Ukraine, and authorities tried at first to hush up the disaster.
From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2022
Rights activists say that local authorities often try to hush up cases like this one.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2021
The unofficial tour ended with the sound of clapping hands, the signal that the camera was rolling and all nonessential personnel must hush up.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2018
Soon as we get close, they hush up and look at us.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
