hushed up
Example Sentences
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He added: "Unless the process is absolutely right, then there'll still be a lingering doubt that things have been hushed up or swept under a carpet."
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025
When Ellison took the witness stand in the late morning, following her former colleague Gary Wang, every single reporter in the media-overflow room hushed up.
From Slate • Oct. 10, 2023
In September 2013, he denied that he had hushed up the scandals.
From Reuters • Dec. 31, 2022
Transgender people are part of the history of the American West, but their stories were kept hushed up.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2021
Besides, the business had been hushed up long before, by Arthur.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
