[
UK
/hˈʌʃt/
]
[ US /ˈhəʃt/ ]
[ US /ˈhəʃt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
in a softened tone
hushed voices
muted trumpets
muted trumpets
a quiet reprimand
a subdued whisper
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.