Examples of shush in a Sentence
The librarian shushed the noisy children.
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Trae Young won Madison Square Garden’s undying enmity in the 2021 playoffs for the Atlanta Hawks, punctuating game-breaking shots by shushing the crowd or bowing to the fans and waving goodbye.
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Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
The chatter caused the emcees to not-so-playfully shush the crowd several times.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 6 June 2026
Wine country with kids in tow doesn’t have to mean a stressful afternoon of shushing and screen time.
—Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
Turning to shush it, Adele saw Dean with his tongue in her mother’s mouth and his hand up under her minidress.
—Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
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Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
The chatter caused the emcees to not-so-playfully shush the crowd several times.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 6 June 2026
Wine country with kids in tow doesn’t have to mean a stressful afternoon of shushing and screen time.
—Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
Turning to shush it, Adele saw Dean with his tongue in her mother’s mouth and his hand up under her minidress.
—Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
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“Shush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shush. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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