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
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
Mr. Bryan’s brooding inward focus and hushed vocal phrasing align him more closely with indie-rock and confessional artists from years past, and he finds the country label limiting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
In a hushed voice, she said, “You can’t use magic here.”
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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