hush-hush

Example Sentences

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Hush-hush becomes buzz-buzz as the ex-fellow, Donald Howard, insists that his renowned old scientific mentor, now dead, framed him.

From Time Magazine Archive

Seldom has an expedition set out on a wilder errand than this of the "Hush-hush" Brigade, or, as it was officially known, the "Dunsterville" or "Bagdad Party."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-18 by Various

Our Hush-hush Department seems to have grown very lax of late.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 3rd, 1920 by Various