hush
interjection
(used as a command to be silent or quiet.)
have hushed
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present perfectof hush.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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Fearful of losing trade, clothing manufacturers have hushed up the situation which causes this unpleasant phenomenon.
From Time Magazine Archive
The woodlands have hushed their songs, and doors are all shut at every house.
From Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore
But the admonition was scarcely necessary, for, as the sun rose, the scene that spread before us was beautiful enough to have hushed the most garrulous tongue.
From Pieces of Eight by Richard Le Gallienne
Immortal and beloved, how should they pass away, for, beside their secret places, of old we have hushed our voices, and children have played with them no less than with Jesus of Nazareth.
From Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition by Edward Hutton
Come praise thine own Creator blest, When other birds are gone to rest, And now have hushed their song.
From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Hans Jacob Christoph von Grimmelshausen
