shush

Example Sentences

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“We would sometimes laugh so loud that we would be very often shushed —,” Tomita added, with Wen interjecting with a laugh off mic, “Like today!”

From Los Angeles Times

“Halle Bailey’s colorblind casting drew its fair share of critics, but she boasts a lovely voice and pleasant screen presence, shushing the doubters.”

From Washington Times

The defense’s theory held that when Gore shushed Montgomery during the attack, it recalled that trauma, pushing Montgomery into a dissociative state.

From New York Times

Children scrambled around the base of a banyan tree and bounced on the wire suspension bridge in the garden’s rainforest section, and no one shushed them.

From New York Times

But though we may be cheering, we’re also simultaneously trying to shush the cynical voice buried inside us.

From Washington Post