shush
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At one point, it appeared he told someone in the room to "shush" their mouth.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
That’s where finding a quiet space to meditate or write in her journal helped shush McClernon’s self-doubt.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
When Newkirk continued, Mr. Biden responded: “I’ll tell you what, if you shush up, I’ll meet with you immediately after this, OK?”
From Washington Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
But though we may be cheering, we’re also simultaneously trying to shush the cynical voice buried inside us.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2023
His yelling threatened to wake up one-year-old Nikki, and Joy tried to shush him.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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
Gadsby tells us she's succeeded doing "trauma in the context of comedy;" she shushes us not to take the "bait" and hoot when she says something provocative.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2020
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
After an off-screen monster lets out some characteristic creaks, Lee and Marcus look off into the distance terrified, and dad shushes his kids.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2018
My voice starts to rise, and Camille shushes me again.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Luff said that Barlow was a good sport, and "smiled" when he shushed them again that night.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
Why would she be abruptly shushed whenever she asked after its fate?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
When a few overzealous fans couldn’t contain their excitement, and yelled “C’mon, 'Foe!” just as the American was readying to lob the ball upward in a serve, hundreds of other fans collectively shushed them.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2024
With that, Arizona’s bullpen slammed the door on Philadelphia’s powerful lineup — and shushed Phillies fans who were left weeping on their own.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
A man sitting two rows up turned around and shushed them.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
“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
When Black women attempt to celebrate their achievements and survival when others won’t or to speak their truth about experiences with racism, prejudice, violence and misogynoir, there’s a virtual shushing that tends to happen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
He told one co-worker the trip was for a family emergency and used "shushing" emojis, the court documents allege.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2023
The second time, it was the baby crying downstairs, the girl’s shushing, the clatter of spoon against milk bottle.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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