hush
interjection
(used as a command to be silent or quiet.)
has hushed
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present perfectof hush (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The market turmoil of recent weeks has hushed talk earlier in 2022 that bitcoin and other crypto would win mainstream acceptance and be ushered into pension plans.
From Reuters ● May 31, 2022
Her popularity skyrockets, and between rounds of high-stakes diplomacy she has hushed conversations with aides about making another White House run.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2012
“Hermione, there’s obviously been a mass breakout which the Ministry has hushed up. Travers’s hood fell off when I cursed him, he’s supposed to be inside too. But what happened to you, Remus? Where’s George?”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
It is the astonishing scattering of them, over field and forest, that has hushed the explainers.
From The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort
Her sister-in-law has hushed her child to sleep, and she is resting from the fatigues of the day.
From Dahcotah Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling by Mary H. (Mary Henderson) Eastman
