hushed up
Example Sentences
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Relationships don’t falter because of hard things; they falter when the hard things are ignored and/or hushed up.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2025
In September 2013, he denied that he had hushed up the scandals.
From Reuters ● Dec. 31, 2022
These isolated eruptions are hushed up, suppressed by the local news media and by police and fire crews that respond to the “incidents.”
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022
Dr David Appleby believes the presence of "European Catholics" among the dead and unease over the bloodshed led to the battle later being hushed up.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2020
Besides, the business had been hushed up long before, by Arthur.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
