hush
interjection
(used as a command to be silent or quiet.)
was hushing
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past progressiveof hush.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Mrs. Baxendale was hushing a baby when they entered their room.
From A Life's Secret A Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood
The balmy air passing through their branches made a sound as if it was hushing a child to sleep.
From In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim by Frances Hodgson Burnett
It was Christian Ann, and Father Dan was hushing her.
From The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill by Sir Hall Caine
It woke at regular hours, as if it could read some clock in the darkness; and quickly as, it seemed to him, he must have roused, Marie had wakened quicker, and was hushing the child.
From Married Life The True Romance by May Edginton
In a moment her arms were round the poor boy, and she was hushing him up like a baby on her bosom.
From Ruth by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
