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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten |
| Type of | change intensity |
| Verb group | still, hush up, quieten, shut up, silence |
Examples of hush
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It's not always the best strategy to breeze through the hush-hush 30-day review.
From the businessweek.com
Inside, piped music vies softly with a professional and somehow reassuring hush.
From the time.com
Very hush-hush because, as I explained to Molly, that was part of the adventure.
From the denverpost.com
Ultimately, not even $300K worth of hush money could keep the story under wraps.
From the philly.com
Petrossian is already enjoying the hush created by the partially completed wall.
From the boston.com
The granite cliffs blush in the setting sun, and a hush settles over the canyon.
From the couriermail.com.au
Speechlessness is often the self-preserving hush of the powerless and oppressed.
From the economist.com
If you've got a job on the side, your first instinct may be to keep it hush-hush.
From the online.wsj.com
Personally, I think where there is fried catfish, there are fried hush puppies.
From the theatlantic.com
- Become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my baby!"
- (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night"
- Cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
- Wash by removing particles; "Wash ores"
- Run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
- (hushed) in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"
- Hush! is the fifth album by American pianist and arranger Duke Pearson featuring performances by Pearson with Donald Byrd, and Johnny Coles originally recorded in 1962 and released on the short-lived Jazzline label. ...
- Hush is a 1998 American thriller starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Johnathon Schaech, and Jessica Lange.
- Hush is a 2005 made for television movie that stars Tori Spelling and Tahmoh Penikett as a married couple who move back to his hometown to work as a doctor, and are desperate to have a baby. ...
