as in hushed
to stop talking
the kids quieted down when they realized I was about to ask them if they wanted ice cream
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Now, all is hushed and warm, and there is marble beneath our feet.—
Caroline Law,
TheWeek,
9 Feb. 2026 -
Down at the finish line, the crowd hushed.—
Will Graves,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2026
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Under Bolsonaro, state funding dried up, and the government painted artists as freeloaders wasting taxpayer money.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2026
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The-- all the materials had dried up.—
Lesley Stahl,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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But when co-host Maria McErlane looked for details, Norton clammed up.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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The famously outgoing media personality clammed up, on air and off, thanks to a terrifying stranger.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
7 Dec. 2025
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This is then piped down to the Gulf where it is turned into liquid, frozen to [less than] minus 200 degrees Fahrenheit and then put into ships.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Feb. 2026
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On Wednesday in Cortina, Italy, Shiffrin shut up her critics.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
18 Feb. 2026
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The healthiest thing both sides can do now is shut up about it and move on.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Quieted (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quieted%20%28down%29. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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