hushed

[ UK /hˈʌʃt/ ]
[ US /ˈhəʃt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. in a softened tone
    hushed voices
    muted trumpets
    muted trumpets
    a quiet reprimand
    a subdued whisper
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How To Use hushed In A Sentence

  • The announcement hushed the crowd but soon the hubbub returned and the misfortune was forgotten.
  • He did not flinch as the verdict was read to a hushed court - and his hopes of divine intervention were vanquished.
  • Weez she prefer chorizo to liver I wonderin how this one feel Blood T said but then shushed. RANDOM ACTS OF SENSELESS VIOLENCE
  • On the surface, it seems the radio babblers have been unceremoniously shushed.
  • A TEN-year-old schoolgirl yesterday told a hushed court how she had seen the man accused of murdering and dismembering another man beat her mother.
  • The spacey grooves of the title track and the hushed melodies of the second single are pleasant enough, but simply don't resonate as strongly.
  • In hushed tones, art aficionados, painters and the odd diplomat discussed the question of the day. Times, Sunday Times
  • Kippletringan was distant at first ‘a gey bit; ’ then the ‘gey bit’ was more accurately described, as ‘ablins three mile; ’ then the ‘three mile’ diminished into ‘like a mile and a bittock; ’ then extended themselves into ‘four mile or there-awa; ’ and, lastly, a female voice, having hushed a wailing infant which the spokeswoman carried in her arms, assured Guy Mannering, ‘It was a weary lang gate yet to Kippletringan, and unco heavy road for foot passengers. Chapter I
  • (`More likely VD ," Essie's brother had muttered and had been soundly shushed. FAIRYLAND
  • Someone in the hushed bar suddenly laughed raucously at how stupid everyone had become.
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