hush up

Example Sentences

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“Tell those loud voices to hush up for a while!”

From Literature

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

In other words, money that a person pays someone to hush up something.

From Seattle Times

Harry is suing Mail on Sunday publisher Associated Newspapers Ltd. over an article alleging he tried to hush up his separate legal challenge over the British government’s refusal to let him pay for police security.

From Washington Times

In September 2013, he denied that he had hushed up the scandals.

From Reuters