hush
interjection
(used as a command to be silent or quiet.)
had hushed
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past perfectof hush.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In September 2013, he denied that he had hushed up the scandals.
From Reuters ● Dec. 31, 2022
The coronavirus pandemic had hushed its observance: Festivities were muted, carnivals canceled.
From Washington Post ● May 1, 2020
By this point, every conversation in the audience had hushed.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2018
Means, who turns 72 on November 10, said his doctor has told him he is making remarkable strides against a disease that had hushed his well-known voice and sapped his body of any strength.
From Reuters ● Nov. 5, 2011
He thought of the sullen summer afternoons and the black, hot nights, of all the fights he had broken up and the quarrels he had hushed.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
