How to Use hush in a Sentence

hush

1 of 3 verb
Definition of hushnext
Synonyms for hushnext
  • The judge hushed the spectators.
  • The spectators hushed as the judge entered the courtroom.
  • The woman in the seat behind me was trying to hush her baby.
  • The set of The Hate U Give could have been a somber, hushed place.
    — Doria Santlofer, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2018
  • At midnight, the lights dimmed, and the crowd sat hushed.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 30 July 2018
  • The roar from the crowd was delayed, hushed by the thick fog that enveloped the track.
    — Stephen Whyno, Houston Chronicle, 19 May 2018
  • The wind will hush, the clouds will part, the rain will stop, the sky will clear in an instant.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 10 May 2019
  • And to be able to hush a whole crowd, that's a great feeling.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • And to be able to hush a whole crowd, that’s a great feeling.
    — Manny Navarro, miamiherald, 17 Apr. 2018
  • To be able to hush a whole crowd — that’s a great feeling.
    — Rob Tornoe, Philly.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The four women returned to their seats in a room hushed by their words.
    — Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The booing had been so harsh that Celtics star Jayson Tatum tried to hush the fans.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Aside from a few wagging tails and panting tongues, the crowd was hushed and still.
    — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Stone beat Philipp Grubauer on the glove side to hush what had been a boisterous crowd.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2021
  • At a steady 70 mph, the Encore GX is even more hushed at 68 decibels.
    — Michael Simari, Car and Driver, 12 June 2023
  • And are other people in the party telling him to hush up and not talk about this?
    — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • There is no boat ramp and the only way to reach the water is a quarter-mile hike through hushed woods.
    — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 8 June 2018
  • The roar from the crowd at Pimlico Race Course was delayed, hushed by the thick fog that enveloped the track.
    — Stephen Whyno, BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2018
  • But the naysayers were quickly hushed and sent to work on other projects.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2020
  • The atmosphere is hushed and solemn: this is the inner sanctum.
    — Roxana Robinson, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2020
  • An observer clapped once at the back of the room before De Paolo hushed him.
    — Kate Morrissey, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • From behind the glass, everything was hushed at that hour.
    — Hazlitt, 12 July 2023
  • But no affair — no affair — has been less hushed than this one.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2023
  • One piece, set in a prison, feels as hushed as a church confessional.
    — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 13 July 2023
  • The demonstrators protesting the NRA's presence were hushed at first.
    — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, latimes.com, 6 May 2018
  • The quicksilver repartee for which Sir Tom is renowned is hushed.
    — The Economist, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Each town felt hushed, like the Jersey shore in mid-October.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 1 Apr. 2020
  • The normally festive romance with the event felt hushed as those with the most skin in the game attempted to side-step the stains along the way.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023
  • The theater was hushed before his downbeat when a voice rang out from a balcony.
    — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Our group was hushed, and the only sounds came from our horse's hooves, the gauchos' commands, and reverent gasps as the sun began to rise, revealing the Andes against a pinkening sky.
    — Mercedes Bleth, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2023
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hush

2 of 3 adjective
  • But there’s more to the menu at The Ark than catfish and hush puppies.
    — Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 30 Sep. 2020
  • At other times, though, the Hoosiers have been more hush.
    — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Each agency is hush about the specifics of the exercise.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The spot was known for fish fries in the yard, where catfish and hush puppies sold for 50 cents a plate.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 19 Dec. 2020
  • The crawdaddy queso is well-liked among the staff, as are the jalapeño hush puppies.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 5 Nov. 2020
  • Creole hush puppies — crunchy on the outside, soft and warm on the inside — were on the menu as well.
    — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2022
  • Mochi cheddar hush puppies had the heft and bounce of Southern spoon bread.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 10 June 2021
  • The conclusion of the work would be a fish fry — a feast of hush puppies made from those catfish.
    — Penelope Green, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • They are served with French fries, hush puppies and a choice of coleslaw or macaroni and cheese.
    — cleveland, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Fried fish, shrimp, oysters and crab claws, plus hush puppies and a side, for a princely $13.50.
    — al, 22 June 2022
  • Daniel ordered from Seafood in the Buff, a mix of fried shrimp, scallops, hush puppies and plantains.
    — Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Transfer the hush puppies to the prepared pan and sprinkle with salt, if desired.
    — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 6 July 2022
  • The smell of fried delicacies like catfish and hush puppies wafts through the air.
    — Sunset Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Get fried or blackened catfish, coleslaw, French fries, hush puppies and a dessert for $10.
    — NOLA.com, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Wide net for a reason The scope of Ring's partnerships with police was at first kept very hush-hush.
    — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2020
  • Until, that is, her mother-in-law enters and a frosty hush settles.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 20 Jan. 2023
  • For many in New Orleans, spring means Lent and church fish fries: plates of fish, hush puppies, and mac and cheese, picked up on your way home from work.
    — Madeleine Deliee, Southern Living, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The report of the hush money, which the Journal said was paid over 16 years, is the latest part of a corporate firestorm for McMahon.
    — Frank Pallotta, CNN, 8 July 2022
  • There are also hush puppies, onion rings, and red velvet cake.
    — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Lies about polling data and lies about hush money payments.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2019
  • Attorneys for Kelly and McDavid balked at the claim that the rent payments were hush money.
    — Michael Tarm, ajc, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The hush money Nixon paid the Plumbers was intended to keep them from talking about the crimes against Ellsberg as much as the Watergate break-in.
    — Christian Appy, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2021
  • French fries, hush puppies, mac and cheese, coleslaw, applesauce.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The hush puppies were fresh and crispy, better than the forgettable chicken tenders.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2021
  • What could be more Southern than hush puppies made of cornbread dressing?
    — al, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The sound design whooshes and sings, then cuts out, a hush falling, almost as though the film is breathing, and then suddenly not.
    — Katie Walsh, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2020
  • It’s when Ingrid offers Tyler the hush money after Dan’s racist display at the work retreat.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Miller signaled a hush sign with his index finger to the crowd after his 9-yard reception.
    — Matt Goul, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2021
  • The adult film star at the center of Trump’s hush-money probe sat down with Vogue for a tell-all interview, which was published just hours before his Tuesday arraignment in Manhattan.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Kroger was hush on potential store closings, but there are usually local casualties during a large retail merger such as this one.
    — Dallas News, 14 Oct. 2022
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hush

3 of 3 noun
  • Enjoy the hush that the stuff spreads across the woods.
    — Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • There are times when a silent hush falls over the stage.
    — New York Times, 9 June 2022
  • Gilbert called out, his arm raised in the air as a hush fell over the crowd.
    — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Nov. 2021
  • The boys stop and an anxious hush falls over the aircraft.
    — Dean Kuipers, SPIN, 8 Jan. 2023
  • As the train broke into view, a hush fell over the crowd of hundreds.
    — Alexa Buechler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2019
  • David's described it as this hush would fall over the crew.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Monday, his blast was far from the main reason for a hush in the stands.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 May 2022
  • The houses were dressed up like divas and there was a hush under the broad leaves of the trees.
    — Timothy O'Grady, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2019
  • With not even a breath of wind and a fresh cover of snow, the pond had a soothing hush over it.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Dec. 2021
  • Oh, hush hush, wink wink, that guy’s kind of a creep who’s the CEO,’ today that guy’s gone.
    — Katy Steinmetz, Time, 3 May 2018
  • The town, which spends much of the year in a snowbound hush, was enveloped in a media storm.
    — New York Times, 10 Mar. 2021
  • As far as Goldsberry and her role go, things are on the hush.
    — Shelby Stewart, Chron, 16 Apr. 2021
  • There was a hush, and there were many doors and narrow hallways.
    — Liza Donnelly, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Just then, in the near distance, a sound cut the hush: the thwopping of helicopter blades.
    — Cassidy Randall, Time, 27 Dec. 2020
  • There's no fighting when Aluna's breathy voice puts a hush on the room.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 2 July 2018
  • Then Ness comes over and speaks to him semiprivately, voice a hush.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2018
  • The rhythm of the day slows and the expansive loggia is enveloped in a tranquil hush.
    — Monica Lander, The Mercury News, 11 June 2019
  • As the enxaneta begins her ascent, a hush falls over the crowd.
    — National Geographic, 31 July 2019
  • Drama and chaos, surely—but the exact plot is still hush-hush.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2019
  • Don't worry, royal fans, not all of Meghan's events will be hush-hush.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Dec. 2018
  • Moments later, a hush fell over the room as Bashir Kashefi stood and addressed the crowd.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2019
  • The roads cleared and a stunning hush descended over the nation of 1.4 billion.
    — New York Times, 14 Apr. 2021
  • What’s missing this time around is the furtive hush that once came with owning a knockoff.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The hush allowed the sound of a nearby freestone creek to echo louder in the forest stillness.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
  • The air was cool and conditioned, and carried its own kind of quiet hush.
    — Te-Ping Chen, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Historically, the Fed has gone to great lengths to be hush-hush.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2018
  • On the sandy path, Morito’s fluid walk was silent, and our group fell into an awed hush.
    — Catherine Buni, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2023
  • The Wall Street Journal broke news of the hush-money payment in January.
    — Brian Bennett, Time, 12 Apr. 2018
  • As a hush came over the audience, Newton went around the room, turned off the vintage lamps, picked up a remote, and hit play.
    — Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The Northern Illinois transfer took it from there, outrunning Texas’ defense 62 yards to the end zone to bring a momentary hush over the home crowd.
    — Corey Smith, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023

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