How to Use shush in a Sentence

shush

verb
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  • The librarian shushed the noisy children.
  • Williams put his finger to his lips to shush the crowd after the score.
    — Kristie Rieken, ajc, 10 Oct. 2021
  • Josh couldn’t resist descending a few rows to talk to the guard who had shushed him.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019
  • The tour guide shushes Wang, gesturing with a finger to the lips.
    — Deborah Vankin, latimes.com, 26 May 2017
  • The Queen's oldest great-grandchild stole the show at this year's trooping, telling her cousin George to shush.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 11 June 2018
  • So the agenda is impeach Trump but tell Maxine to shush about it.
    — Fox News, 10 July 2018
  • Her husband, Muhammad, shushed her, telling her not to shame them.
    — New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Nothing is more off-putting than clothes that warn you off from wearing them, that shush you.
    — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018
  • The boxes have gotten so loud at times that donors have shushed each other.
    — Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • How weird for a group of librarians to be shushed by a patron!
    — Karen MacPherson, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • Some bar attendees shushed others when the room got too loud.
    — Saba Hamedy, CNN, 8 June 2017
  • Across the room, Mr. Desrosiers rested his hand over his newborn in a kind of embrace, trying to shush the child’s crying and soothe the boy to sleep.
    — New York Times, 27 Oct. 2021
  • She was also seen placing a finger over her mouth to shush the future king.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 29 Dec. 2021
  • She was also seen placing a finger over her mouth to shush the future king.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Warriors and Raptors players tried to quiet the crowd, and the PA announcer shushed fans on the mic.
    — Jenna West, SI.com, 13 June 2019
  • Much of the festival went on as normal, and some in line for films at the Palais had to be shushed during the remembrance.
    — vanityfair.com, 23 May 2017
  • Marty Scurll put a finger to his lips and shushed the largest live crowd in Ring of Honor history.
    — Josh Barnett, USA TODAY, 11 May 2017
  • One of them shushed a man nearby who was talking loudly on his cellphone.
    — Alexia Fernández Campbell, Vox, 27 Sep. 2018
  • The Italians then took the lead, with Christian Vieri 'shushing' the home fans in celebration.
    — SI.com, 28 May 2018
  • These questions are looming, and Tucker hasn't shushed them.
    — Drew Favakeh, Indianapolis Star, 3 Mar. 2020
  • There were noises that had to be shushed so the ceremony could begin.
    — Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 29 Jan. 2020
  • An older man stopped and thanked him for recently showing up in person (along with the police) to shush a noisy night club.
    — Bob Morris, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019
  • And at one point during the ceremony she was photographed shushing the group of page boys and bridesmaids.
    — Josh Duboff, Vanities, 20 May 2017
  • Avalon and Leva Bates are known as the Librarians, and their gimmick of shushing the crowd drew huge boos.
    — Jay Reddick, orlandosentinel.com, 14 July 2019
  • Neither her nor Morgan appears to know how to properly swaddle the poor kid, let alone rock or shush it to sleep.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Trucks washed the streets morning and night, creeping in the darkness, their brushes shushing like reminders to keep quiet.
    — Sophia Moskalenko, Vox, 2 July 2019
  • Then, in February, rumors of their romance were briefly shushed.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Her housemate quickly shushed her, saying she wasn’t supposed to tell.
    — NBC News, 3 June 2018
  • Her housemate quickly shushed her, saying she wasn't supposed to tell.
    — Todd Richmond, Fox News, 3 June 2018
  • A little umbrella shading an array of lurid garnishes, with crushed ice already beginning to shush in the heat?
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 29 June 2024

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