hush
interjection
(used as a command to be silent or quiet.)
were 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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Under the headline "Stinking International Affair," they wrote that Israeli government officials were hushing up facts about the kidnaping of Moroccan Leftist Mehdi ben Barka in 1965.
From Time Magazine Archive
My whole soul was illumined with joy, and as I left the church to walk home, it seemed to me as if Nature herself were hushing her breath to hear the music of heaven.
From Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe by Harriet Beecher Stowe
In a moment, his mother was kneeling by the bedside; she drew Ilbrahim to her bosom, and he nestled there, with no violence of joy, but contentedly, as if he were hushing himself to sleep.
From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Philip P. Wells
In a moment his mother was kneeling by the bedside; she drew Ilbrahim to her bosom, and he nestled there, with no violence of joy, but contentedly, as if he were hushing himself to sleep.
From From Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The wind sighs far off among the branches, as if he were hushing his breath to listen.
From The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables by Elizabeth Rundle Charles
