hushed
Example Sentences
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Late in the album, the typically hushed “I Love You” tries something new, closing out with dramatic and bizarrely distorted percussion.
In the rear, a hushed crowd sat on the floor of a dark theater space equipped with a piano and a disco ball, waiting for the evening’s entertainment to begin.
From New York Times
Jenkin achieves the same effect here with his pastoral, oblique Cornish oddity, corralling his sublime, boxy compositions, sensorial editing and carefully hushed sound design into what can only be called a rusted, rustic nightmare.
From Los Angeles Times
Two young girls, testing the game out at home, fall into a hushed kind of trance.
From Los Angeles Times
Addiction and overdose fatalities are often still hushed up in Hattiesburg, Mr. Moore said.
From New York Times
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