Example Sentences

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A staffer shushes the Times journalists talking in the hallway.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Gadsby tells us she's succeeded doing "trauma in the context of comedy;" she shushes us not to take the "bait" and hoot when she says something provocative.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2020

So I lean over and say, in a very quiet whisper, “That bowing … ” Before the third word is out, the woman in front of me whips her head around, glares, and shushes me.

From Slate • Oct. 25, 2018

The man could not hit a fairway, make a putt or do anything worthy of one of his patented crowd shushes.

From Golf Digest • Sep. 29, 2018

Chian shushes me with a wave of his hand.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu