hush
interjection
(used as a command to be silent or quiet.)
will hush
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future tenseof hush.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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What remains to be seen is how severely Germany’s new coronavirus restrictions, which cap Saturday’s crowd at 13,799, will hush Bochum’s loud and intimidating atmosphere.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
Oh, who will hush that cry outside the doors, While we are glad within?
From The Singing Man A Book of Songs and Shadows by Josephine Preston Peabody
They'll hide her where no false one's footsteps, stealing, Can mar the chasten'd meekness of her sleep; Only to Love and Grief her grave revealing, And they will hush their chiding then—to weep!
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
Surely, your father will hush the matter up.”
From The Scarlet Feather by Will Grefé
“If a squinch owl starts howlin’ ’round your house and if you turn your shoe upside down at the door, they sure will hush.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration
