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shush

[shuhsh, shoosh] / ʃʌʃ, ʃʊʃ /


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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

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

“I’ll tell you what, if you shush up, I’ll meet with you immediately after this, OK?” the president said.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 29, 2023

He has to repeatedly shush the crowd during his remarks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2023

Miss Love shook her head at Grandpa like a mother trying to shush a child in public, but he chose not to notice.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

A staffer shushes the Times journalists talking in the hallway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

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

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

Chian shushes me with a wave of his hand.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

Villa analyst Victor Manas urged Tindall to "show some respect" and "lose the finger" after the Newcastle number two repeatedly shushed a visibly irate Unai Emery at St James' Park.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 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

Arriaga shushed them as she rifled through a stack of crumpled birth certificates and other identity documents in search of information the app required.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2024

He shushed, but he went over to the edge of the shed and stood with his back to them.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

“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 offenders were stopped in their tracks by audience members shushing - some even hissing - or having a quiet word, but in each case it still momentarily broke the spell of the film.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 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

Elena and Miles are really competitive, and the rest of us have to keep shushing them when they get too loud, so nobody upstairs hears us.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks




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