I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a deathly hush/silence (= complete silence )
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A deathly hush fell over the room.
a hushed whisper
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They spoke in the hushed whispers of churchgoers.
hush money
low/quiet/hushed tones
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They sat at the far end of the carriage, talking in hushed tones.
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■ ADVERB
up
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Or anything he has not been able to hush up .
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A Tokyo professor who studied secret papers, claimed the horror was hushed up after the war.
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Local journalists said yesterday they believed the authorities had hushed up crimes in the past.
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He told the Guardian that he believed senior management took deliberate steps to hush up the dangers.
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Labour chiefs branded the rush of openness too late after the Government had hushed up the payments for 18 months.
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Three months later Hugo was drowned in a boating accident; there were rumours of suicide, which were hushed up .
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No; my great-great-gran kept it hushed up .
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When of course you can see he wants the whole thing hushed up .
■ NOUN
voice
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The kind of order that makes the hushed voices expect little divine intervention.
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They headed for the park by the river, hushing their voices .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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David hushed me. ""Sh-h-h. You're not allowed to speak in here.''
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I turned to Margaret but was hushed before I could open my mouth.
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She gave up trying to hush the baby and took him outside.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Some of them waved their good lace hankies then hushed to silence at the way she spoke.
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The whole school would instantly become hushed and enthralled by the horror, watching.
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Were a great talent to appear, all that sort of talk would be hushed.
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Whatever we know about our neighbors is hushed and lulled by the deep repose.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
deathly
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A deathly hush fell, in which the sound of some one talking too loudly behind the main stand could clearly be heard.
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There was a deathly hush over the whole show.
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A deathly hush envelops the scene, a silence that seems almost sinister.
■ NOUN
money
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Recently released from prison, Hubbell is once again under investigation by Starr, this time for allegedly accepting hush money .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
silence/a hush/sadness etc falls
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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There was a sudden hush as the musicians came onto the stage.
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Two men walked in and went up to the bar. A hush fell over the room.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A hush fell over the audience.
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A hush would often fall over the crowd because there were no crashing chandeliers, no story.
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For days this hush lay on the house like dust.
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The cries of protest are lost in thunderous applause, and then a hush descends.
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The pious hush in there had been too much for them.
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The quietness sealed inside her room emanated as an invisible but pervasive hush .