1
as in cools
to become still and orderly
the whole room hushed when the queen made her entrance
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2
as in quiets (down)
to stop talking
the principal asked the children to hush and pay attention during the ceremony
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Recent Examples of hushes
Sweeping views over Hyde Park and expert soundproofing that hushes those busy London street horns.
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Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
The top itself is an eight-layer cloth construction that satisfyingly hushes the cabin when raised.
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Brett Berk,
Robb Report,
3 Sep. 2025
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
The top itself is an eight-layer cloth construction that satisfyingly hushes the cabin when raised.
—
Brett Berk,
Robb Report,
3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hushes
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Although typically the weather cools in the evening, the multi-day heat wave will keep temperatures high well after sunset.
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Finally, the small metal plate only cools the back of your neck.
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Geothermal and wind energy require expensive infrastructure, and hydro dries up in the summer.
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Once your agency or comms team gets that reputation, earned media dries up fast.
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Before the chatter can continue, Sharon Leone (Diane Farr), the Cal Fire Division Chief and mother of Bode Leone (Max Thieriot), quickly shushes everyone and reminds them to focus.
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Shame shrinks us and silences our stories.
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An immersive spa day, from signature massages to holistic sessions, silences the noise.
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Thursday's layoffs data showed that the four-week moving average of jobless claims, which quiets some of the week-to-week noise, fell by 2,500 to 222,000.
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Nourishing your body quiets your mind and eases fear.
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Using a vegetable peeler, shave a modest amount of Parmesan onto a plate (a mound of grated Parmesan may look impressive, but all that clumpy cheese mutes the dressing).
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Canned water chestnuts are blanched before packing, which mutes their flavor slightly but preserves their crispness.
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Which frontier model wins, which lab pulls ahead, which assistant the market finally settles on, none of it is easy to predict.
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Before My Morning Jacket settles into San Francisco for an October residency, frontman Jim James is turning inward.
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“Hushes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hushes. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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