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
Transgender people are part of the history of the American West, but their stories were kept hushed up.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2021
Dr David Appleby believes the presence of "European Catholics" among the dead and unease over the bloodshed led to the battle later being hushed up.
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2020
She hushed up when we got to the back porch.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
