How to Use hush in a Sentence

hush

1 of 3 verb
  • The judge hushed the spectators.
  • The spectators hushed as the judge entered the courtroom.
  • The woman in the seat behind me was trying to hush her baby.
  • The vibe is hushed and calming.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The air is hushed, the water glassy.
    — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Inside, the house was hushed and still.
    — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Down at the finish line, the crowd hushed.
    — Will Graves, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Or will the hype get hushed in short order?
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 19 June 2026
  • And to be able to hush a whole crowd, that’s a great feeling.
    — Manny Navarro, miamiherald, 17 Apr. 2018
  • And to be able to hush a whole crowd, that's a great feeling.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • This year, the streets are hushed, and many children walk to school alone.
    — Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
  • But no affair — no affair — has been less hushed than this one.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The four women returned to their seats in a room hushed by their words.
    — Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Now, all is hushed and warm, and there is marble beneath our feet.
    — Caroline Law, TheWeek, 9 Feb. 2026
  • All was hushed and stonily still, like the moon and its lights and shadows.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The rattle inside his body that had played the white noise to his life was hushed.
    — Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The wind will hush, the clouds will part, the rain will stop, the sky will clear in an instant.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 10 May 2019
  • The roar from the crowd was delayed, hushed by the thick fog that enveloped the track.
    — Stephen Whyno, Houston Chronicle, 19 May 2018
  • But the naysayers were quickly hushed and sent to work on other projects.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2020
  • One piece, set in a prison, feels as hushed as a church confessional.
    — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 13 July 2023
  • This was a somber visit, and the group was reverent, hushed.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • And are other people in the party telling him to hush up and not talk about this?
    — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Inside, the rooms were intimate, jammed, dim, and hushed.
    — Nicole Krauss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • His leadership style is as hushed as a golf crowd awaiting a winning putt.
    — John Branch, New York Times, 12 June 2023
  • The theater was hushed before his downbeat when a voice rang out from a balcony.
    — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Other times it's hushed as people take it all in and use the moment to reflect.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Every chance to equalize or regain the lead was negated and hushed.
    — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 22 Apr. 2018
  • The set of The Hate U Give could have been a somber, hushed place.
    — Doria Santlofer, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2018
  • The murky glass atriums that soar over the retail corridors, now hushed and sleepy.
    — Hazlitt, 10 Dec. 2025
  • The booing had been so harsh that Celtics star Jayson Tatum tried to hush the fans.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022

hush

2 of 3 adjective
  • There are also hush puppies, onion rings, and red velvet cake.
    — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Dec. 2022
  • French fries, hush puppies, mac and cheese, coleslaw, applesauce.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Mochi cheddar hush puppies had the heft and bounce of Southern spoon bread.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 10 June 2021
  • But there’s more to the menu at The Ark than catfish and hush puppies.
    — Bob Carlton | [email protected], al, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Until, that is, her mother-in-law enters and a frosty hush settles.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The crawdaddy queso is well-liked among the staff, as are the jalapeño hush puppies.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 5 Nov. 2020
  • The conclusion of the work would be a fish fry — a feast of hush puppies made from those catfish.
    — Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The spot was known for fish fries in the yard, where catfish and hush puppies sold for 50 cents a plate.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 19 Dec. 2020
  • In other words, movies are being tweaked and plumped, but studios are keeping hush about how.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 June 2026
  • They are served with French fries, hush puppies and a choice of coleslaw or macaroni and cheese.
    — cleveland, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Transfer the hush puppies to the prepared pan and sprinkle with salt, if desired.
    — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 6 July 2022
  • What could be more Southern than hush puppies made of cornbread dressing?
    — al, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Venus in Virgo keeps connections hush.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Round out your meal with some collards and hush puppies, and naturally, an ice cold pint of local beer.
    — Katie Chang, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Much to her enduring anger and shame, her family took Vought’s hush money.
    — Nick Schager, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2020
  • The hush puppies were fresh and crispy, better than the forgettable chicken tenders.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2021
  • Under state law, the hush-money payments would be only a misdemeanor.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Miller signaled a hush sign with his index finger to the crowd after his 9-yard reception.
    — Matt Goul, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Immediately, the sound went from a skyscraper hush to the din of an airport runway.
    — Ben Ryder Howe, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The sound design whooshes and sings, then cuts out, a hush falling, almost as though the film is breathing, and then suddenly not.
    — Katie Walsh, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2020
  • This all comes after reports of the hush hush way her company gives donations was reported.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Down-home American cuisine gets a delicious spin with crab dip, grouper fingers, and hush puppies on the menu.
    — Kaye Toal, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2021
  • The inquiry into the hush-money payments seemed to center on a less serious crime, the filing of false business records.
    — Benjamin Weiser, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Another mourner laid her cheek on a coffin, stroking the polished wood with her hand amid a hush so profound that the faint fluttering of the flags could be heard.
    — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 9 June 2022
  • Attorneys for Kelly and McDavid balked at the claim that the rent payments were hush money.
    — Michael Tarm, ajc, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Judge Peter Cahill suddenly popped onto the screen, and a hush fell as everyone pulled out their cell phones to record the moment.
    — Nicole Norfleet, Star Tribune, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Much has been kept hush hush about the forthcoming Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding—but one detail that has come out about the nuptials?
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 24 June 2026
  • Five minutes later, a hush falls as the French model Kathia Nseke strides in a shiny black jacquard mini with an asymmetrical hem that puffs out like popcorn.
    — New York Times, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The report of the hush money, which the Journal said was paid over 16 years, is the latest part of a corporate firestorm for McMahon.
    — Frank Pallotta, CNN, 8 July 2022
  • The hush money Nixon paid the Plumbers was intended to keep them from talking about the crimes against Ellsberg as much as the Watergate break-in.
    — Christian Appy, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2021

hush

3 of 3 noun
  • The six tell the woman to shush/hush.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Gilbert called out, his arm raised in the air as a hush fell over the crowd.
    — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Nov. 2021
  • As the moon rose, a hush settled over the crowd—then a wild whoop split the air.
    — Kinsey Gidick, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026
  • There was a hush, and there were many doors and narrow hallways.
    — Liza Donnelly, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2019
  • As the train broke into view, a hush fell over the crowd of hundreds.
    — Alexa Buechler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2019
  • Monday, his blast was far from the main reason for a hush in the stands.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 May 2022
  • As far as Goldsberry and her role go, things are on the hush.
    — Shelby Stewart, Chron, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The hush of the waves was broken briefly by a dance performance.
    — Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Then Ness comes over and speaks to him semiprivately, voice a hush.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2018
  • Drama and chaos, surely—but the exact plot is still hush-hush.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2019
  • With not even a breath of wind and a fresh cover of snow, the pond had a soothing hush over it.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Dec. 2021
  • There's no fighting when Aluna's breathy voice puts a hush on the room.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 2 July 2018
  • What’s missing this time around is the furtive hush that once came with owning a knockoff.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Don't worry, royal fans, not all of Meghan's events will be hush-hush.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Dec. 2018
  • The houses were dressed up like divas and there was a hush under the broad leaves of the trees.
    — Timothy O'Grady, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2019
  • The town, which spends much of the year in a snowbound hush, was enveloped in a media storm.
    — New York Times, 10 Mar. 2021
  • There’s a hush as the MacKenzie men address the crowd.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The air was cool and conditioned, and carried its own kind of quiet hush.
    — Te-Ping Chen, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2020
  • As the enxaneta begins her ascent, a hush falls over the crowd.
    — National Geographic, 31 July 2019
  • Biden recalled his father saying, bringing the crowd to a hush.
    — Jonathan Tamari, Philly.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Guerrero held a lone finger to his lips — his signature post-homer hush.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Stands of cathedral-like cottonwoods, elms and maples create a hush.
    — Bill McAuliffe, Star Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
  • On the sandy path, Morito’s fluid walk was silent, and our group fell into an awed hush.
    — Catherine Buni, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2023
  • They got pushed around up front and gave up a ton of explosive plays, The pass rush was more like a pass hush.
    — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The rhythm of the day slows and the expansive loggia is enveloped in a tranquil hush.
    — Monica Lander, The Mercury News, 11 June 2019
  • The spa The 800-square-meter wellness space is pure hush.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • The primary cast members are all set to return, but the plot remains very hush-hush.
    — Fox News, 12 Sep. 2018
  • Historically, the Fed has gone to great lengths to be hush-hush.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2018
  • His arms shot down; the Arkestra cut to hush; the hall tremored with complicated silence.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Reached by a steep footpath, the beach feels worlds away—no cafés, no lifeguards, just the hush of waves and time suspended.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025

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