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.
No wonder they still speak of him in hushed tones. Times, Sunday Times
Soon enough, the soft sound of footsteps gave way to hushed voices.
They relate the story in a hushed tone, watching carefully for a reaction.
People being shushed often give the shusher a dirty look, but as long as they shut up, you win! Ask Amy
Finally the fugu is set down in front of us to hushed anticipation.
The young and old were seated on and around the graves, talking in hushed tones while guitars strummed ballads welcoming those who have gone to walk among them for this one night. D�a de Muertos vs. Halloween?
The noise of life had suddenly been hushed, and each heart had heard for a moment the noiselessness of death. The Trespasser
Needless to say, the results are wildly uneven, vacillating from a hushed lament to a blistering assault within seconds.
As he strummed the song, with its hushed chorus that dwindles into a whisper by the end, the crowd knew it was one of those special cliched moments.
Yes, his name is uttered amongst the musical cognoscenti in hushed tones.
The hushed surprise of the adagio introduction gave way to the driving rhythmic thrust of the Allegro molto.
The closed interior world of Mitch's mind resembles too closely the hushed privacy of his new Pontiac; beyond it he feels anxiety and fear.
The government hushed the affair up to avoid a public outcry.
The anemic palate that colours the film - grays, browns, and other hushed earth tones - provide the foreboding backdrop.
I hushed him, pressing my finger to his lips, and shook my head.
Walking up the ramp, Ian was aware of the whispering sound of hundreds of hushed voices, but was unable to distinguish any individual words.
The hushed, dirge-like song closes the album as it opens, with beautifully reflected sorrow.
Mika shushed him and did the quiet finger gesture.
I was pointing frantically towards the meadow and trying to catch my partner's attention by squawking in a hushed tone, so as not to disturb this first major article of wildlife I'd spotted so far on our trip.
The word spilled out of her in a hushed stream of syllables, that awful combination of consonants and vowels that spelled shame and death for any woman in what was politely called the ‘entertainment’ business.
There was a hushed twitter among the other Dukes, then silence.
We spoke to each other in hushed tones. Times, Sunday Times
The man could modulate his voice into a great variety of tones, booming, hushed, lyrical, penitent, frightened.
For a long time, life went on as before, and the conversation promised in hushed voices on the airplane never took place.
The attack on Mrs Keegan was recorded on tape after she managed to press a panic button and it was played to a hushed courtroom.
It is the Olympic finals and the natatorium has fallen silent as everyone leans forward in hushed anticipation.
Following an internal investigation, several soldiers received what amounted to a reprimand and the matter was hushed up.
There was some financial scandal involving one of the ministers but it was all hushed up.
He spoke in hushed tones, and his eyes flooded with worry.
Why hasn't evolution programmed human babies to seek parental favor with pleasant sounds and gestures - a nudge, for example, or a hushed whimper?
Some of the world's greatest living conductors still speak my name with hushed reverence.
There was no speaking in hushed tones at this compact dining room full of chatty, laughing customers.
hushed-up stories sometimes leak out
The hallways are hushed as kids move wordlessly between classes, lined up single-file on the right side of each hallway, though they do bop and sashay in muted, youthful excitement.
Cold, foamy water hushed over the rocks, and the gills of the fishes that swam in it caressed the rocks.
Back then, while everyone knew Leo had been blackballed, it was hushed up.
In 1996, RSF published a report entitled Libya: "We can criticize Allah but not Gaddafi" in which it referred to a "relaxation" of restrictions on the media, but noted that journalists critical of the regime spoke to its representatives in hushed tones for fear of reprisals. Magda Abu-Fadil: Libyan Media March to Beat of a Different Drummer
The Viswarupa Darshan of Lord Krishna is marvellously brought out in the open-handed use of hushed but powerful tones of red, yellow, black and white.
I am not a demagogue," he said to the hushed rows of togate senators inside the Curia Hostilia. The Grass Crown
Previous is quick to act, telling us in hushed tones that under no circumstances must we leave the vehicle - before getting out himself. Times, Sunday Times
In one corner, two people were talking in hushed voices.
I wondered how late she'd be, and if, when she arrived, we'd converse in hushed, reverent tones. FOLLOW THE SHARKS
A hushed courtroom awaited the verdict.
He stepped up to the desk and spoke in a hushed whisper to my history teacher, Mrs Burton.
The studio hushed it up to preserve her virginal image.
He hushed her, placing a finger to her lips, and it effectively quieted her.
My uncle and mother were arguing, their voices held in hushed whispers.
During a prolonged break in the rains the frogs and toads are hushed, except in jhils and low-lying paddy fields.
Dressed with little more than the occasional industrial splurt, Maynard sings almost exclusively in hushed tones and the guitars are all but muted throughout.
A strange quiet followed the storm, in which people gathered and talked in hushed voices, and men with red-stained bandages drank their ale silently in the taverns along the river bank. The Conquering Sword Of Conan
What's dimin --" the little girl started to say, but her mother shushed her. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
The people in the audience, who usually spend halftime ignoring us or pelting us with peanuts, were hushed as they tried to figure out what we were writing.
Mum and Dad had lots of hushed conversations. Times, Sunday Times
They filed in with hushed voices and stifled winces as they bumped into the seats laid out for them.
Outside the bright sterility of the commissary was a corridor suggestive of hushed voices and stiff formality. A Girl's Legs Stirring The Air
For hours, they pore over the books, consult each other in hushed Gujarati, then write things on the forms, filling them up and starting on new ones.
The hallway was buzzing with murmurs and hushed voices.
At a far corner of the clubroom two astute gentlemen were, like some of the other members, sipping their tot of whiskey and engaged in hushed conversation.
They returned two hours later, when the foreman addressed the hushed courtroom with their unanimous verdicts.
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
There had also been trouble at a large local chromite mine, in which workers had not been paid for eleven months, and one of their number was killed during a protest—an event that was hushed up. Let the Swords Encircle Me
Besides, between friends, I, who know the world, can see that half this prodigious delicacy for the little usurper is the mere result of self-interest; for, while her affairs are hushed up, Sir John's, you know, are kept from being brought further to light. Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World
Museums, too, have been transformed from hushed halls of inanimate objects and glass cases into spaces where unexpected things happen.
Sorrow is hushed into peace in my heart like the evening amongthe silent trees.
They stood beside her, large, serene people, murmuring graciously and gently inclining their handsome heads as they gave their hands to the guests; and even the youngest and most ebullient of these took on a hushed mannerliness with a closer approach to the bower. Alice Adams
I heard footsteps downstairs on the first floor and it sounded like Gorey speaking in a shushed sort of voice.
Before she could scream, the figure spoke to her, not in the usual whisper but still in a hushed voice.
Conversations are hushed, sober and polite. Times, Sunday Times
Sorrow is hushed into peace in my heart like the evening amongthe silent trees.
Small Jean was beginning to whimper, but his mother hushed him and gave him a rusk to suck. CHALLENGE FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL
Her PR walks over from a hushed conversation with the photographer and interrupts. Times, Sunday Times
One thing that slew me about Warburton's performance as the Tick: instead of the constant bluster of the cartoon voice, he would occasionally drop to a hushed tones that were pure Adam West.
I'm quite bad at regulating my voice, as many people who've publicly shushed me can attest.
They spoke in hushed tones, but despite my unspeaking mouth, my ears grasped the whole conversation that shall be sealed in this tale with my pen so that I shall never forget it.
they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction
_Luckily the scandal was hushed up_: the phrase blazed out against the dark background of Kate's misery. Sanctuary
A strange quiet followed the storm, in which people gathered and talked in hushed voices, and men with red-stained bandages drank their ale silently in the taverns along the river bank. The Conquering Sword Of Conan
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 thereawa '; 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. ' Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01
With hushed mutterings and grumblings they all trooped down to the stables.
The hall was hushed to a deathly silence as he began to talk, his voice full of authority.
One very black mark he had to his name; but the matter was hushed up at the time, and so defaced by legends before I came into those parts that I scruple to set it down.
He hushed me with his index finger against his mouth.
The headmaster of the school hushed the children, led a short prayer and started the assembly.
Willow suddenly clutched my arm to her, her voice hushed but urgent, her eyes beseeching me; ‘Do not leave my side!’
The park is hushed and darkened, welcomingly tranquil; the trees are a dark silent green in the lamplight, in the far car light. THE CHEEK PERFORATION DANCE
Her voice is hushed just above the inaudible level, which might be because her voice is failing her after weeks of discussions.
And I strolled through the hushed timbered halls of the Casa del Colon, or Columbus House, where he is said to have lodged during his time on the island.
The only sound was the whisper of their hushed voices.
The conversation in the room hushed as his voice filled the hall with honeyed tones.
The atmosphere was subdued, hushed and churchlike: people were on their very best behavior. Hilary Lambert: My Voting Kentucky Voting Story
Tales were exchanged in hushed tones of lack of enthusiasm, of obstruction of Party work: above all, of defeatism. IN LOVE AND WAR
I've grown used to the sound of crushed, hushed voices on the end of the phone.
The Viswarupa Darshan of Lord Krishna is marvellously brought out in the open-handed use of hushed but powerful tones of red, yellow, black and white.
Nothing is more suspicious than two people looking at you and talking in hushed voices.
He opened his mouth and began to say something, but stopped short, and stared at Naomi for a second before continuing in a hushed tone.
Their hushed face-to-face, in which we learn their tryst was a one-nighter, is fraught with concern over Alicia. Matt's TV Week in Review
The uproarious bun throwing and surreptitious chatting up of 18th century public spaces gave way to the hushed cathedral of the 19th century concert hall.
Imagine my surprise when they spontaneously sang with me again, but this time in hushed and reverent tones.
The road runs down hushed aisles of lofty Douglas fir, hemlock and Sitka spruce, and passes through deadened stretches of clear-cut forest, forlorn and empty.
Last night on television the ethnologist and the cameraman watched with hushed wonder while the chimpanzee carefully stripped a willow branch and inserted it into the anthill.
In hushed, earnest tones, she spoke of the things her heart desired.
I'm certain they had a Chess channel, where epochal matches of the past were recreated in hushed reverential tones.
She spoke in a hushed voice and had a slow reaction time in tests. Times, Sunday Times
Sure enough, as I enter the kitchen, the door to the conservatory is slightly ajar and I can hear his smooth, deep voice in hushed conversation on the telephone.
Taking the heavy door of the theater in his hand, Michael extends his arm in a great arc as if to slam it with a force that would send shakes through the hushed room.
Hushed chatter becomes louder as everyone wants to have their say at the same time.
Her PR walks over from a hushed conversation with the photographer and interrupts. Times, Sunday Times
He spoke in such hushed tones he was barely audible. Times, Sunday Times
They were tucked in one of the millions of tiny nooks that filled the school, whispering in hushed voices.
No names were released and the issue was hushed up.
Static, balanced and hushed, this painting is both classical and intimist in spirit.
He claimed that the whole affair had been hushed up by the council.
The kind of order that makes the hushed voices expect little divine intervention.
Brash, brawny but capable of a hushed delicacy, the duo's music owes as much to the psychedelic improvs of the US ‘jam band’ movement as to any notions of ‘jazz’ (um, whatever that is).
The matter should not be hushed up, but freely ventilated.
Increasingly, it's not just the wizened erasing life's battle scars, but the under 30 on a quest for subtle enhancement -- and unlike the Upper East Side denizens whispering in hushed voices about a recent "procedure," they're not afraid to Twitter about it. Adrien Field: Beauty Is in the Wallet of the Beholder
There were Isaac and Zach, conversing in hushed voices.
No music, either, while conversations were conducted in hushed whispers and any mobile phone ringing was cause for much consternation. Times, Sunday Times
He was killed by terrorists and the case was hushed up.
I know this is hard, but quiet resignations and hushed conversations are not the answer. Christianity Today
The class hushed, keeping quiet, except for a few whispers here and there.
The cheesy dialogue is poorly mixed, often sounding tinny and hushed.
Hushed whispers erupted within the courtroom and the judge slammed his gavel down to bring order once again.
The piano returns accompanied this time by vocals rendered in something between a whisper and a hushed conversation.
Not a single warble, tweet, or chirp can be heard - nothing but the faint buzz of insects, the passing hum of a distant airplane, and the hushed rustle of the wind.
This wonderfully-illustrated edition of the poem, which is rarely reproduced in its entirety, begins in hushed suspense, and then builds into a dramatic crescendo as the rollicking verses usher in the mysterious midnight visitor.
She spoke in a hushed voice and was quite serious.
A couple of attempts by isolated guerilla groups around the stadium to greet the haka with boos were hushed by the greater conscience of the crowd.
"Forever," came back the hushed whisper from a hundred throats.
My inner voice, still remained a loud, enthusiastic, untrained child, frequently shushed and disciplined to sit still.
The other two shushed him quickly, then they shut the door behind them.
Particularly memorable was the heart-stopping sostenuto passage leading up to the discovery of Susanna in the closet, with its perfectly judged tempo di rubato and sense of hushed bewilderment.
‘Galleries are often hushed spaces where people feel slightly unrelaxed,’ she says.
I know this is hard, but quiet resignations and hushed conversations are not the answer. Christianity Today
There were a few shushes from the people around us and quickly shushed up, diverting out attention back to the movie.
I continued to listen and hushed you and your toddler banter, as we made our way to your school.
Fear was upon the condescending pitiful crowd, for they did not know what the law would exact of them if the affair were not hushed up, and they were cathodoluminescent when West, in spite of my pressure-sensing generic ultram, dabbed to get rid of the thing quietly glamorous for a purpose I framed too well. Think Progress » Deja DiRita
When he saw that I was about to speak, he hushed me with a finger to my lips.
The children were hushed up by their father.
For modern acoustic guitar-wielding crooners, monotony lurks quickly between hushed major-chord strums.
In the mess, speculation had buzzed about in hushed whispers, knowing, secretive nods.
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
In spite of the protest of the citizens of the great metropolis, "cabby," with his smart livery, his soft, suave and polite "want-a-cab?" was to be forever hushed by the ear-piercing jingle of the car bells and the coarse yells of the driver. " Eagle Clippings " by Jack Thorne, Newspaper Correspondent and Story Teller, A Collection of His Writings to Various Newspapers
The packed courtroom was hushed as the jury delivered their verdict.
Conversations are hushed, sober and polite. Times, Sunday Times
Soon enough, the soft sound of footsteps gave way to hushed voices.
It was political in nature and yet it was hushed up.
I was 10 years old when he died and - I learned from hushed conversations - my family was worried.
Even the insects were hushed, and not a single birdcall warbled or whistled through the air. The Magic of Recluce
Haute-Ville; thence the music I heard certainly floated; it was hushed now, but it might rewaken. The Three Brontës
The room immediately hushed into a deathlike stillness, ‘We shall listen to the rest of the facts before we judge.’
It's all acres of plate glass, walnut fittings and the kind of hushed retail reverence usually reserved for unwearable frocks designed by gay men in Parisian ateliers.
The crowd hushed as it feared the opportunity had been lost; when the kick landed unerringly in the outstretched arms of the oncoming wing, joy was unrestrained.
It's a charming image: his apartment behind Plexiglas, hushed visitors trooping through, as if this were Monticello or Mount Vernon. IN A STRANGE CITY
No doubt the whole scandal would be hushed up and put out of our minds within the week.
The packed courtroom was hushed as the jury delivered their verdict.
Suddenly, with a single lowering of the President Chairman's upraised arms, the crowd was hushed.
The anemic palate that colours the film - grays, browns, and other hushed earth tones - provide the foreboding backdrop.
When my grandpa first started talking about his own death, I hushed him and told him not to worry.
The announcement hushed the crowd but soon the hubbub returned and the misfortune was forgotten.
Returning to her strengths, Uchida offered the sarabande from Bach's French Suite in G as an encore, its simple outlines traced with hushed reverence, nothing more than a vaporous shimmer. Mitsuko Uchida at the Music Center at Strathmore
Wieck Around-town, stop-and-go traffic is where the Volt shines, sluicing effortlessly to speed on a hushed carrier wave of electrons. Chevrolet Volt: A Win for the Home Team
For a while the only sound was the hushed whisper of the passing river.
My agent, the redoutable Marilyn Marlow, shushed me like an abbess visiting the nun-taught school and scolding the Bad Girl. Tons of Fun
Stranger yet, they insist on his animateness, in the hushed tones of bunkmates discussing old camp lore. Yale Daily News - Latest Issue
All of us hushed when the President walked in.
The anemic palate that colours the film - grays, browns, and other hushed earth tones - provide the foreboding backdrop.
We spoke to each other in hushed tones. Times, Sunday Times
Mum and Dad had lots of hushed conversations. Times, Sunday Times
There were only a few out bursts from the opposition which were hushed with a librarian style 'shush' from the crowd. Suzanne Langlois: The Many Flavors of Kool-Aid��
It was sometimes spoken in hushed tones because it had something to do with witchcraft or satanism. Five Things You Might Not Know About Summer Solstice | myFiveBest
All the old naffness and hushed suavity of grand hotel dining rooms still lurks. Times, Sunday Times
The crowds sat expectant and hushed. Times, Sunday Times
The whole school would instantly become hushed and enthralled by the horror, watching.
Everyone tiptoed around and spoke in hushed and reverent tones.
A hushed courtroom listened as the boy gave evidence.
There are hushed conversations between various media crews waiting to get a piece of the action. Times, Sunday Times
hushed voices
Now whether Hannah was really deceived by the benevolent diplomacy of the good professor or not, I do not know; but at any rate her sensitive pride was hushed by the prospect held out of Ishmael's labor paying for the provisions, and -- as she had not tasted meat for three weeks and her very soul longed for a savory "rasher," she replied: Ishmael In the Depths
He continued to ponder this as he moved across the room to where several of his men were standing speaking in hushed, worried tones.
I am not sure how long we remain like that, exchanging soft words in hushed conversation, faces close and eyes locked.
Instead, they gradually fell into a sullen silence, their noisemakers clacked to a dead stop, and the truculent trumpet blasts were shushed.
And the jackdaw, unheedful, sought to roost the forbidden bough, though hands reached out in anguish and the world hushed.
In the garden I fell over the wall and drunkenly hushed my colleague, my batman, the other soldier in this two-person war against the future.
‘Galleries are often hushed spaces where people feel slightly unrelaxed,’ she says.
Over drinks, this editor told me in hushed tones that their editorial staff couldn't even use the phrase "processed food" in their copy. Pilar Gerasimo: Revolutionary Act No. 5: Question Authority
The foyer was lit by a gentle glow from the office on the one end, and the atrium to the right, and I could hear hushed voices from both rooms.
Very well, I will," said the other; and, calling the starboard watch, who were idling about and having a quiet caulk in the waist, he soon made them set about reducing the _Josephine's_ canvas -- there being no necessity yet for summoning "all hands," as there was not a breath of air stirring, while the sea had hushed its monotonous roll, calming down to the quiet of a mill-pond. The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea
The whole courtroom hushed, obviously, when she read her statement.
The government hushed the affair up to avoid a public outcry.

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