shush
interjection
hush (used as a command to be quiet or silent).
was shushing
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past progressiveof shush.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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And for the mother who was shushing her son, and the man who begged me to stop talking.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
