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 Feel it’s been kept very hush-hush, which seems to be the Forest way. Paul Taylor, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025 Here are 9 hush-hush destinations for your next quiet adventure. Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hush-hush

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hush-hush was in 1916

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“Hush-hush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hush-hush. Accessed 31 May. 2025.

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