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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The rocket's upper stage, meanwhile, continued carrying the X-37B toward low Earth orbit, where the space plane will do a variety of work, some of it quite hush-hush. Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025 The Golden Bachelor crossover, revealed when the season’s trailer was released in late June, was comparatively hush-hush. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2025 Critical Role’s Liam O’Brien has joined the cast of The Dragon King in a role that’s still very hush-hush. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025 The band is hard at work on their 15th album, though details are currently hush-hush. Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 18 July 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 Aug. 2025.

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