hushed up
Example Sentences
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He added: "Unless the process is absolutely right, then there'll still be a lingering doubt that things have been hushed up or swept under a carpet."
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025
When Ellison took the witness stand in the late morning, following her former colleague Gary Wang, every single reporter in the media-overflow room hushed up.
From Slate • Oct. 10, 2023
In September 2013, he denied that he had hushed up the scandals.
From Reuters • Dec. 31, 2022
“I ask everyone who is not afraid and not indifferent, spread this appeal of mine wherever you have the opportunity” so the tragedy is not hushed up.
From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2022
“You kept this...transaction hushed up for a whole year?”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
