Hushed

(adj.) in a softened tone; 'hushed voices'; 'muted trumpets'; 'a subdued whisper'; 'a quiet reprimand' .

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• I smiled; but I also hushed a groan. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The myriad noises of the jungle seemed far distant and hushed to a mere echo of blurred sounds, rising and falling like the surf upon a remote shore. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Everybody was hushed into a profound stillness as the individual addressed, replied-- 'Sir! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• She stood, shrinkingly, before him, as if she were afraid to meet his eyes; but her passionate sorrow was quite hushed and mute. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Yes, yes; but they want the thing hushed up, and I understand that the young fellow is going out of the neighborhood. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It hushed the eloquent, struck down the powerful, abolished the beautiful and good. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• In another hour all the dwelling-house, and all the pensionnat, were dark and hushed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• As dawn approached, the setting stars and breaking day dimmed the creation of fancy; the wakened song of birds hushed her whispers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• So, with hushed steps and in silence, we placed the dead on a bier of ice, and then, departing, stood on the rocky platform beside the river springs. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• She slept; and quiet prevailed in the Castle, whose inhabitants were hushed to repose. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I thought of our house shut up and hushed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• When we got back to Scotland it was easily hushed up, and nobody asked any questions. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• At length all was hushed, and WILKINS MICAWBER, ESQUIRE, presented himself to return thanks. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Then there was a weeping of women, then waiting, then hushed exclamations, then a strange gasping sound, then a painful stillness. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• If I had power, I would lap you in the most placid slumber--quite deep and hushed, without a dream. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She was busy, the end of the day was here, the work went on as a peaceful tide that is at flood, hushed to retire. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• His manner was determined; and the matter was growing rather too serious to be hushed up. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• No: stillness returned: each murmur and movement ceased gradually, and in about an hour Thornfield Hall was again as hushed as a desert. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The household came to bed, the night-light was lit, the dormitory hushed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But I got Johnson to be quiet, and I hushed the matter up. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The whole hushed and brooding room seemed to be waiting silently with Archer. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Even our soldiers were awed to silence; the music paused; the clang of arms was hushed. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I am sure it will be all hushed up, and nothing proved but Rushworth's folly. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• By the time they reached the churchyard the bells were hushed; the multitudes were gathered into the church. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• There was a stillness in his motion that hushed the activities of her heart. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• But all was profoundly hushed in the noonday stillness of a house, where an invalid catches the unrefreshing sleep that is denied to the night-hours. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• As he spoke, every sound was hushed, every thought suspended by intense attention. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• And he is out there, she said, in an awe-hushed whisper. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I suppose the funds are falling, whispered Miss Wirt; and so, trembling and in silence, this hushed female company followed their dark leader. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• When he had landed a month ago, the noisy populace had been hushed by sorrow and fear; but this was a festival day to all. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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