hush
interjection
(used as a command to be silent or quiet.)
are hushing
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present progressiveof hush.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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For the sake of the Reynolds we are hushing the matter up.
From For the School Colours by Angela Brazil
I scarcely dare breathe it to you," said Mr. Huntley, "for it is a thing that we must hush up, as the family are hushing it up.
From The Channings by Mrs. Henry Wood
“Yes; but if you didn’t forge it, you could easily prove it; people wouldn’t have to know the rest—they are hushing up things of that kind every day.”
From Seven Miles to Arden by Ruth Sawyer
