hushed; hushing; hushes
: to become quiet
Examples of hush in a Sentence
Verb
The woman in the seat behind me was trying to hush her baby.
The judge hushed the spectators.
The spectators hushed as the judge entered the courtroom.
Noun
the storm passed, and a hush fell over the sea
a hush fell over the auditorium as the lights went down
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 22 June 2025
Game 2 is on Sunday. 3h ago / 8:07 PM PDT
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Home crowd has gone silent
Andrew Greif
Reporting from Oklahoma City
Tyrese Haliburton hits a go-ahead jumper with 0.3 of a second left to take a 111-110 lead and the home crowd has hushed in stunned disbelief.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 6 June 2025
Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2025
At a steady 60mph cruise, the Duster hybrid showed a relatively hush 67db on my sound meter, but wind noise is apparent above 60mph.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
The line stirs—shoulders square, phones slip into pockets, and a hush of anticipation settles over the crowd.
—Clarissa Wei, AFAR Media, 13 May 2025
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Verb
That’s where Panthers players continued their week-long celebration — Cats also lead the NHL in celebrating — as Conn Smythe playoffs MVP and pending free agent Sam Bennett took the mic as the crowd hushed.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 22 June 2025
Game 2 is on Sunday. 3h ago / 8:07 PM PDT
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Home crowd has gone silent
Andrew Greif
Reporting from Oklahoma City
Tyrese Haliburton hits a go-ahead jumper with 0.3 of a second left to take a 111-110 lead and the home crowd has hushed in stunned disbelief.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 6 June 2025
Adjective
The Italian godfather of fashion kept his ostentatious interior hush hush until the yacht’s 2018 delivery.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2025
At a steady 60mph cruise, the Duster hybrid showed a relatively hush 67db on my sound meter, but wind noise is apparent above 60mph.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
But there’s something undeniably cinematic about the ascent—views flickering through the trees, historic homes perched like cameos and a hush that sets in just as your ears start to pop.
—Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
The line stirs—shoulders square, phones slip into pockets, and a hush of anticipation settles over the crowd.
—Clarissa Wei, AFAR Media, 13 May 2025
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“Hush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hush. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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