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
He told his mother at the time, who got a "grovelling apology" before it was "hushed up".
From BBC • Jul. 28, 2022
Transgender people are part of the history of the American West, but their stories were kept hushed up.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2021
Besides, the business had been hushed up long before, by Arthur.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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