hush
interjection
(used as a command to be silent or quiet.)
Example Sentences
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After the opening run of songs, she hushes the audience and spends two minutes looping her voice.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Very sad. Absolutely,” says Winkler, in a quiet voice that hushes his “Barry” cast mates.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023
KAWAGOE, Japan — Now these hushed Olympics had found their way to the most melancholy of the hushes.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2021
Blunt even hushes the children with a lullaby, as Andrews did before.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 14, 2018
I have literally just dragged myself into the tangle of hushes at the base of the trees when there's Cato, barreling onto the plain, soon followed by his companions.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
