shush

How to use shush in a sentence

Eric noticed that people in the audience were shushing each other so as to avoid having the meeting shut down.

Danson playfully shushes her—he’s meant to have only told one or two people but everyone seems to know.

I listened, and sure enough I heard the shush, shush of something moving in the dead leaves and dry grass a little distance away.

For once, Pelton didn't shush him; that was too close to his own attitude, at least in family-breakfast-table terminology.

NULL-ABCHENRY BEAM PIPER AND JOHN JOSEPH MCGUIRE

I was just about to say he could when again that shush, shush!

The orderly stopped pushing his chair and the nurse rushed forward to shush them sternly, but it barely dampened the calls.

MAKERSCORY DOCTOROW

Den he would pull me away—dis great, dark devil, mit his enormous paws shush as if I was a child.

Being at a little distance from her, Bert had no chance to shush her outspoken comments.

BIG PILLRAYMOND ZINKE GALLUN

Navel tried to shush him, embarrassed, but he doggedly went on.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985