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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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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 6 Dec. 2025.

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