hushed voices. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
We once spoke of their economic prowess in hushed awe. From Wordnik.com. [Lynn Parramore: Japanophobia: Economic Myths in the American Media] Reference
My memories of this word are those spoken in hushed voices. From Wordnik.com. [blog – syllable studio] Reference
People would talk about me in hushed tones at dealer conventions. From Wordnik.com. [An Inconvenient Truth: The Review] Reference
Is it something so secret it only gets talked about in hushed tones?. From Wordnik.com. [Wall of Silence] Reference
He was accompanied by a lawyer who in hushed tones relayed something in. From Wordnik.com. [India's Bandit Queen] Reference
You spoke about comics in hushed voices in the darkest corners of campus. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of a Comic Book Nerd] Reference
‘In support of Mind for better mental health’ it added in hushed tones. From Wordnik.com. [Fight bulimia: get naked? « Sven’s guide to…] Reference
Die-hard noir enthusiasts, among them James Ellroy, would speak of it in hushed tones. From Wordnik.com. [VinceKeenan.com] Reference
Well-dressed employees walk up and down the stairs, speaking in hushed, respectful tones. From Wordnik.com. [A Model Prison] Reference
The Redskins talked in hushed tones, having a difficult time accepting that they'd lost again. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
I guess, for the sake of all mankind ... (in hushed tone) I'll take one in papersack brown. From Wordnik.com. [Builder’s Bum / Plumber’s Crack] Reference
It was sometimes spoken in hushed tones because it had something to do with witchcraft or satanism. From Wordnik.com. [Five Things You Might Not Know About Summer Solstice | myFiveBest] Reference
Names the RNC speak in hushed tones, and not a one has ever gone in harm's way, yet Obama isn't qualified. From Wordnik.com. [Obama admits: I 'cannot know' what war is like] Reference
He gauges their distance from the green, club selection, even their moods, then tells viewers in hushed tones. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Hushed tones not easy for Maltbie] Reference
They're the guys you see at the ballpark, holding the radar guns, charting pitches and talking in hushed tones. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Art of advance scouting advances] Reference
We have been forced to flee our homes because of serious concerns over data protection, he says in hushed tones. From Wordnik.com. [Refugees flock to Guardian's Liberty Central] Reference
I shared some cold bread with him as dawn broke and Kan and Sergetten were still in hushed, vehement conference. From Wordnik.com. [ceciliatan: The Prince’s Boy: 40] Reference
Can't you just see the look on her face, hand covering the mic on the phone, saying in hushed tones, it's my lawyer. From Wordnik.com. [11/10/2005] Reference
This is usually spoken in hushed tones, in the same way you'd speak of someone who licks the inside of medical waste dumpsters. From Wordnik.com. [Flip, Flop, Ork, Ah-Ah] Reference
It is no longer a subject to be discussed in hushed voice and undertaken, by a strange and select coterie, under penalty of ridicule. From Wordnik.com. [League of Red Cross Societies - Nobel Lecture] Reference
Set the set to quality - film quality, as Jett and Doctor Gareth Higgins discuss in hushed tones the new film by David Fincher, Zodiac. From Wordnik.com. [Letter to America] Reference
Even on blogs, it’s “not in hushed tones, in the anonymity of the internet.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Catholics and Jews?] Reference
Yes, it’s being questioned — in hushed tones, in the anonymity of the internet. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Catholics and Jews?] Reference
All stared in hushed silence. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » featured writer : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
The house stood in hushed silence. From Wordnik.com. [A PIECE OF STEAK] Reference
The children said in hushed voices. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2010 » January : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
Mum explains it to him, in hushed tones. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2010 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
Cue a soft voice, speaking in hushed tones. From Wordnik.com. [This Week In Trailers: American Grindhouse, Perrier’s Bounty, Cargo, A Somewhat Gentle Man, Give Me Your Hand | /Film] Reference
Clara inquired in hushed tones. From Wordnik.com. [When Patty Went to College] Reference
And, when hushed is foam and surge. From Wordnik.com. [OCEANIDES. No. IV.] Reference
Their dominance has come in hushed tones. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Spurs defeat Pistons 81-74 to win third NBA title since 1999] Reference
Is she being 'hushed' by the Clinton machine's tentacles. From Wordnik.com. [Pat Dollard | Young Americans] Reference
She waited for it to come with a kind of hushed excitement. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragic Bride] Reference
In her silent chamber there seemed to be a kind of hushed yet palpable life. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Sunbonnet] Reference
Whether or not it gets "hushed" or joined and defended IS the difference.". From Wordnik.com. ["Na Na Na Na/Na Na Na Na/Hey Hey Hey/Good-bye."] Reference
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