hushed; hushing; hushes
: to become quiet
Examples of hush in a Sentence
Verb
The woman in the seat behind me was trying to hush her baby.
The judge hushed the spectators.
The spectators hushed as the judge entered the courtroom.
Noun
the storm passed, and a hush fell over the sea
a hush fell over the auditorium as the lights went down
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 31 May 2025
Young Morrison got a harsh lesson in how things are done in a blue state: Liberal groupthink is gospel, dissenters are heretics who should be hushed.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 28 May 2025
Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2025
At a steady 60mph cruise, the Duster hybrid showed a relatively hush 67db on my sound meter, but wind noise is apparent above 60mph.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
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The BBC has been hush hush on the celebs for weeks but The Sun revealed the vast majority of the names a fortnight ago.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 May 2025
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Verb
That 2-1 defeat was a stinger — Tōko Koga’s decisive goal in the 50th minute hushed an otherwise raucous San Diego crowd.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 31 May 2025
Young Morrison got a harsh lesson in how things are done in a blue state: Liberal groupthink is gospel, dissenters are heretics who should be hushed.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 28 May 2025
Adjective
The Italian godfather of fashion kept his ostentatious interior hush hush until the yacht’s 2018 delivery.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2025
At a steady 60mph cruise, the Duster hybrid showed a relatively hush 67db on my sound meter, but wind noise is apparent above 60mph.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
At the first yell a challenging roar went up from the big killer, followed by an immediate hush.
—Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
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The BBC has been hush hush on the celebs for weeks but The Sun revealed the vast majority of the names a fortnight ago.
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“Hush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hush. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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