The chattering of the crowd dies down to an expectant hush, only broken by the occasional whistle and the odd yell. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
hush my baby!. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The 25k he ended up doling out, in hush money, if way too much low-balling it. From Wordnik.com. [Report: Senator tried to stop colleague's affair] Reference
Any organization that can pass out hundreds of millions in hush-money can damn-well afford to pay taxes. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Catholic League: Church Abuse Scandal Is A Crisis Of ‘Homosexuality,’ Not ‘Pedophilia’] Reference
With each call the hush seemed to deepen: it closed in on her, mysterious and impenetrable. From Wordnik.com. [Sanctuary] Reference
When asked about her high-profile clients, Baek is hush-hush, which is rare in a business that thrives on press. From Wordnik.com. [Clean and Polished: Sophie Dawson] Reference
Now, in the hush was a little talk and laughter among those who were nearest the king, and then I saw the queen smile and speak to. From Wordnik.com. [A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex] Reference
I understand there was a discernible 'hush' in the audience. From Wordnik.com. [In New Letter, Clinton's Lawyers Demand ABC Yank Film] Reference
A kind of hush had fallen over the delegates as the Federation. From Wordnik.com. [The Fate of the Phoenix]
Africa, which we got from France as a kind of hush money, for her. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915] Reference
And she was urging her to get into the vehicle and kind of hush then. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2009] Reference
Or it could simply be in Vail, you know, kind of hush-hush for the celebrity. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 13, 2003] Reference
He was smart enough to know that this kind of hush-hush preparation meant CIA. From Wordnik.com. [Clear and Present Danger]
There's a kind of hush all over the world tonight: the sound of lovers in love. From Wordnik.com. [April 2006] Reference
The meaning of the word "hush" being generally unknown in the kender language, Tas prattled on. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons Of Summer Flame]
So, that's going to raise the question of whether this money was some kind of hush money or support money. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2008] Reference
As he told advocates to "hush", Obama did not suggest that the "public option" was crucial to any reform bill. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's Primetime Speech a Result of Squandered Opportunity] Reference
Of a sudden a sickness struck him, and in the hush which is sometimes before death, he summoned to him his sons. From Wordnik.com. [My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People] Reference
As he told advocates to "hush", Obama did not suggest that the “public option” was crucial to any reform bill. From Wordnik.com. [Printing: Obama's Primetime Speech a Result of Squandered Opportunity] Reference
This "hush" money and that made from running errands were enough to keep the children supplied with spending change. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2] Reference
There was a kind of hush in the room that you only hear when an audience is completely wrapped up in a speaker's words. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2009] Reference
Rep. NORTON: And interestingly, Dorothy Height gets the same kind of hush when she comes into a room full of white women. From Wordnik.com. [Civil Rights Activist Dorothy Height Dies] Reference
For he could not but be conscious how, even in the cathedral, a kind of hush and silence fell around when he began to sing. From Wordnik.com. [St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878] Reference
When the air with a deep'ning hush is fraught. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woman, With Other Poems] Reference
A kind of hush might have fallen on the annual Jazz. From Wordnik.com. Reference
A kind of hush that hints at greatness from Laura Marling. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
It favors gravity, not pertness; it says "hush" to all vain chatter and smart wit. From Wordnik.com. [The Varieties of Religious Experience] Reference
The pair tries to make it a fun place to be, not a button down "hush" environment. From Wordnik.com. [WSOCTV.com - Local News] Reference
Keep her ladyship away from Henry the Eighth-I-Am - there's a kind of hush about him. From Wordnik.com. [Bakersfield.com Latest news] Reference
The former begins his 'hush' with a distinct aspirate, the latter with as distinct a W. From Wordnik.com. [The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective] Reference
Have you never noted the difference between the 'hush' of an Englishman and that of an Irishman?. From Wordnik.com. [The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective] Reference
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