hush

Example Sentences

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These scenes were the only time a hush fell over the entire auditorium, as if every member of the audience was waiting for the other shoe to drop.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Hellerstein has also tangled with Donald Trump, rejecting a request by the US president to have his New York hush money case moved to federal court.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Amanda is enraptured with its aspirational luxury: “The house had that hush expensive houses do. Silence meant the house was plumb, solid, its organs working in happy harmony.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

But nothing was done in a "don't ask, don't tell" culture, with it being felt it was "safe to hush it up", the review led by barrister Gabrielle Higgins found.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

I glance around at the shadows and cobwebs and the windowpane that rattles with even the slightest hush of a breeze.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender