Synonyms:
hushed, muted, subdued, quiet
Meaning: in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"
Usage examples
It hushed him a moment.
Of the race of mortals, however, every voice was hushed.
"When the results are tragic they must be hushed up as far as is possible to prevent panic."
He was with me afterwards, when the pain--He hushed me far too gently, but he will not forget.
"Richard," interrupted his sister, in a hushed voice, "mamma entertains one fixed idea, which she cannot put from her.
She stood, shrinkingly, before him, as if she were afraid to meet his eyes; but her passionate sorrow was quite hushed and mute.
She picked him up in her arms, and the minute his head touched her shoulder he was sound asleep, the music at last hushed in his head.
The three girls didn't know much about sickness, but Papa's grave face, and the hushed house, weighed upon their spirits, and they missed the children very much.
The Wind overhead hushed his whistling, as he shepherded his clouds toward the west; and the clouds stood in mid blue, and listened dreaming, like a flock of golden sheep.
Several hours passed, and I remained near my window gazing on the sea; it was almost motionless, for the winds were hushed, and all nature reposed under the eye of the quiet moon.