shush
interjection
hush (used as a command to be quiet or silent).
had shushed
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past perfectof shush.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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They had shushed the crowd and looked in command, at one point even making eight straight triples after starting 0 for 12 from beyond the arc.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2022
When the game was over—a one-point Knicks loss, not that it mattered—Josh couldn’t resist descending a few rows to talk to the guard who had shushed him.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 9, 2019
Armed with Vanderkam’s account of why she thought Anderson was lying, and how Detective Zolkowski had shushed her, Chandler contacted Register and got the trial transcripts and the police file.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2013
Genie looked up too, but he was excited—excited to finally know what Grandpop had shushed Crab about a while back, and what he’d been so dang excited about every.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
