shush

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026

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

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

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

A staffer shushes the Times journalists talking in the hallway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

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

Chian shushes me with a wave of his hand.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

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

He was annoyed by persistent whistling by the crowd and rushed to the side of the stage and shushed them after sealing victory.

From BBC ● May 2, 2024

When Cubarrubia, 44, handed Navarro a glowing microphone, Navarro put his arms down and shushed the room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2023

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 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

Elnora made shushing noises and reached out as if to soothe me.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein