hush
interjection
(used as a command to be silent or quiet.)
is hushing
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present progressiveof hush (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"NBC," wrote Walter Winchell last week, ''which is spending $780,000 for the 14 Toscanini broadcasts, is hushing the amazingly low rating, which hasn't been published by the surveyors.
From Time Magazine Archive
If that is hushing up a matter, I fear that I do not understand the English language.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the left Hembatra, finger on lip, is hushing the sounds of the garden.
From The Poison Tree A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal by Miriam S. Knight
"Your Royal Parent," he remarked to Priscilla, "has chosen that which is ever the better part of valour, and is hushing the incident up."
From The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight by Elizabeth
The endless singing of the stream is hushing me into a sweet drowsiness even as I write.
From The Lamp in the Desert by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
