hushed

Example Sentences

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The walls carry bottles, cans, jars, and echo hushed conversation.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2026

“You don’t do that,” he finally says, his voice hushed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

You could only hear her offer a hushed “no” because the room had never been more silent.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026

She remembers feeling "something was not right" and describes the theatre room as hushed, with "no one was really talking" until "an alarm went off".

From BBC • May 11, 2026

A long line of peasants like Anya waited at the windowed building’s huge doors, nervously tugging at shirts or hats, holding long scrolls of paper, or talking in hushed voices to a person beside them.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack