shush

His friends groaned and tried to shush him; he waved them off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026

US President Joe Biden told a climate heckler to "shush up" after they interrupted a speech he was giving in Arizona.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, was seen at times trying to shush his outspoken member, to little avail.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 9, 2023

It was a departure from Miller’s move, which was simply to shush the Irish fans.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022

I wanted to smile because nobody ever tells me to shush, but I didn’t, and it’s not true either.

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani

Mike gathers himself, shushes the woman for waking him and then collects his belongings to begin a day of panhandling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

Go into hysterics if someone shushes them in a theater?

From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2023

So I lean over and say, in a very quiet whisper, “That bowing … ” Before the third word is out, the woman in front of me whips her head around, glares, and shushes me.

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2018

The man could not hit a fairway, make a putt or do anything worthy of one of his patented crowd shushes.

From Golf Digest ● Sep. 29, 2018

“Shh!” she shushes, looking back over her shoulder at Wilf, but he could’ve already forgotten he picked us up for all that’s going on in his Noise.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

Luff said that Barlow was a good sport, and "smiled" when he shushed them again that night.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

Saber-rattling trumpet and timpani intrude and are shushed away as worthless.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

Why would she be abruptly shushed whenever she asked after its fate?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

"When Gus showed huge displays of emotion and overwhelm of pride for his father, he wasn't shushed or told to be smaller," she said.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024

Nana shushed him and pulled me into another hug.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

“I always felt like I was in a library,” Emma says, with some guests shushing others or throwing a side-eye.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

“They’re doing more than just stamping books or shushing everybody,” Kearney said.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

The only sound was the steady shushing of shoes and snowboots across the marble floor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025

Millions of people remember him as a 19-year-old shushing the crowd at London 2012 before he stormed to victory in the T44 100m.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2024

There had never been any shushing at Swanburne before.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood