Examples of shush in a Sentence
The librarian shushed the noisy children.
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Jena asked, for which she was shushed), that was spotted and strong enough to kill a man.
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Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
In the background of the video, the 35-year-old could be heard mumbling offscreen before Megan playfully shushed him.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 14 July 2025
For a start, the cheers from the nearby Andy Murray Arena are loud and booming, but so too is the exclusive balcony area hanging just to the side of the court, where people are sipping their wine or their Pimm’s and chatting loudly (the judge on court 1 has to shush them at one point).
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 20 June 2025
The crowd had just spent an entire overtime shushing each other.
—Tony East, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
In the background of the video, the 35-year-old could be heard mumbling offscreen before Megan playfully shushed him.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 14 July 2025
For a start, the cheers from the nearby Andy Murray Arena are loud and booming, but so too is the exclusive balcony area hanging just to the side of the court, where people are sipping their wine or their Pimm’s and chatting loudly (the judge on court 1 has to shush them at one point).
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 20 June 2025
The crowd had just spent an entire overtime shushing each other.
—Tony East, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for shush
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“Shush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shush. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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