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
He told his mother at the time, who got a "grovelling apology" before it was "hushed up".
From BBC • Jul. 28, 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
