How to Use shush in a Sentence

shush

verb
  • The librarian shushed the noisy children.
  • To the point where Reid shushed him down at times.
    — Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The six tell the woman to shush/hush.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • My mother would shush him and change the subject.
    — Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
  • That shush in the art dealership was loud.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Williams put his finger to his lips to shush the crowd after the score.
    — Kristie Rieken, ajc, 10 Oct. 2021
  • The snow was shushing off the roof of the garage and down on the driveway.
    — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Jena asked, for which she was shushed), that was spotted and strong enough to kill a man.
    — Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Nothing is more off-putting than clothes that warn you off from wearing them, that shush you.
    — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Some bar attendees shushed others when the room got too loud.
    — Saba Hamedy, CNN, 8 June 2017
  • The boxes have gotten so loud at times that donors have shushed each other.
    — Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • Some shushed the crowds, urging them to be silent and reverent.
    — CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Her husband, Muhammad, shushed her, telling her not to shame them.
    — New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Josh couldn’t resist descending a few rows to talk to the guard who had shushed him.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019
  • How weird for a group of librarians to be shushed by a patron!
    — Karen MacPherson, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • She was also seen placing a finger over her mouth to shush the future king.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 29 Dec. 2021
  • She was also seen placing a finger over her mouth to shush the future king.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023
  • One of them shushed a man nearby who was talking loudly on his cellphone.
    — Alexia Fernández Campbell, Vox, 27 Sep. 2018
  • Gert laughed, too, until the two of them were shushing each other quite loudly.
    — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 3 May 2025
  • There’s no scolding kids for turning in books late or shushing noisy students.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Her housemate quickly shushed her, saying she wasn’t supposed to tell.
    — NBC News, 3 June 2018
  • There were noises that had to be shushed so the ceremony could begin.
    — Beth Thames | [email protected], al, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Booing begins, and then shushing, and then booing again.
    — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The tour guide shushes Wang, gesturing with a finger to the lips.
    — Deborah Vankin, latimes.com, 26 May 2017
  • Wine country with kids in tow doesn’t have to mean a stressful afternoon of shushing and screen time.
    — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
  • Levy sat on the floor, watching like a proud father and shushing whisperers.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Then, in February, rumors of their romance were briefly shushed.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The chatter caused the emcees to not-so-playfully shush the crowd several times.
    — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 6 June 2026
  • The Queen's oldest great-grandchild stole the show at this year's trooping, telling her cousin George to shush.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 11 June 2018
  • Turning to shush it, Adele saw Dean with his tongue in her mother’s mouth and his hand up under her minidress.
    — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

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