Examples of hush-hush in a Sentence
the reporter suspected there was a hush-hush reason why the company agreed to the deal
top-echelon diplomats met in a hush-hush conference in a last-ditch effort to head off an international crisis
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Prosecutors contend Combs leaned on employees and used his music and fashion empire to facilitate and cover up his behavior, sometimes making threats to keep them in line and his misconduct hush-hush.
—Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Even by the usual standards of federal secrecy, the satellite project was extremely hush-hush.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
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Averi Baudler, People.com, 13 June 2025
Prosecutors contend Combs leaned on employees and used his music and fashion empire to facilitate and cover up his behavior, sometimes making threats to keep them in line and his misconduct hush-hush.
—Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Even by the usual standards of federal secrecy, the satellite project was extremely hush-hush.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Feel it’s been kept very hush-hush, which seems to be the Forest way.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Hush-hush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hush-hush. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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