as in silencing
to stop the noise or speech of
shushed the crying baby
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Recent Examples of shushing
Levy sat on the floor, watching like a proud father and shushing whisperers.
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Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Top sleep aid for kids This extremely popular sound machine uses an authentic human voice to calm babies to sleep with a calming, shushing sound.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
Kempe then put a gloved finger to his lips, shushing the sixth consecutive sellout crowd in Anaheim.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026
After once rising from her seat to scold a man recording the broadcast on his phone to shushing in-studio viewers during an interview with Zohran Mamdani, Whoopi Goldberg just wrote another chapter in her comical relationship with The View's studio audience.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
The snow was shushing off the roof of the garage and down on the driveway.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
In the clip, the then-6-year-old can be seen walking with his iPad to the next room and shushing everyone.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Booing begins, and then shushing, and then booing again.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Top sleep aid for kids This extremely popular sound machine uses an authentic human voice to calm babies to sleep with a calming, shushing sound.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
Kempe then put a gloved finger to his lips, shushing the sixth consecutive sellout crowd in Anaheim.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026
After once rising from her seat to scold a man recording the broadcast on his phone to shushing in-studio viewers during an interview with Zohran Mamdani, Whoopi Goldberg just wrote another chapter in her comical relationship with The View's studio audience.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
The snow was shushing off the roof of the garage and down on the driveway.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
In the clip, the then-6-year-old can be seen walking with his iPad to the next room and shushing everyone.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Booing begins, and then shushing, and then booing again.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shushing
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Meanwhile, Avila-Siqueiros was silencing the Warner bats, allowing just four walks and an error in the first five innings.—
Kevin J. Farmer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Self-silencing pain and allowing it to be silenced, however, had not served me well.—
Nami Mun,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
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There are a lot of ways to declutter out there—the pile method and the discernment method are two of them, and now, everyone’s hushing their house.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
28 Dec. 2025
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Unfortunately, the austerity and elegance of the downstairs dining room acts as a dampener, hushing the salad’s brashness and sapping much of the fun.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2025
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Search revenue grew 17% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2025, quieting concerns over AI’s cannibalizing Google’s core business, and the company crossed $400 billion in annual revenue for the first time.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
6 May 2026
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The alarms go off, the two get locked in the entry hall, and as Emma panics, Charlie rushes over to kiss her, quieting her fear.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2026
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Historians have written about how the widespread fear and conformity of these periods reshaped American society in enduring ways, including the destruction of progressive political movements and both delaying and muting the Civil Rights Movement itself.—
Bruce Schneier,
The Conversation,
27 May 2026
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There are additional buttons for pairing via Bluetooth and muting the microphone.—
Christian de Looper,
PC Magazine,
15 May 2026
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Medeiros scored on a wild pitch by Aiden Robinson (seven innings, three strikeouts), who dealt with early command issues before settling into a groove.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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So the people settling Adelaide were not the convicts.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 May 2026
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“Shushing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shushing. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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