hushed tone

The accused stayed quiet during the day, speaking to his lawyers in a hushed tone while maintaining a stern expression.

“Guess what, it’s working,” Mr. Biden said in a hushed tone as he credited the law with combating climate change and simultaneously creating jobs.

When I told him I was from New York City, he asked in a hushed tone, “Do you know Employees Only?”

"It's canon," your child will say in the hushed tone of a small expert who knows exactly the name and pronunciation of every minor character in the "Star Wars" universe.

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, Matthews testified, “looked directly at me and, in a hushed tone, shared with me that the president did not want to include any sort of mention of peace” in the tweet.