hushed
Example Sentences
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Everyone hushed as the soldiers parted and the king came forward.
From Literature
To the uninitiated, cross-country skiing looks like a graceful, rhythmic activity set against a hushed winter landscape.
All that crackling pressure on one athlete, the hushed ooooooohhs from the rafters, all of it.
"Right now I think we just need something positive," the 38-year-old Black woman and Virginia native told AFP moments later in a hushed voice.
From Barron's
She spoke quietly, but it was the kind of voice that people hushed themselves to hear.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
