hushed

Example Sentences

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She remembers feeling "something was not right" and describes the theatre room as hushed, with "no one was really talking" until "an alarm went off".

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Months later, locals still talk about the scandal in hushed voices, wary of drawing more attention to their towns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Aolani “Lani” Alarcon approached the mic to hushed voices.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

"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 • Feb. 3, 2026

When she blows on the mouthpiece, the sound comes out hushed, like a whisper in a library.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari