hush
Example Sentences
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All that crackling pressure on one athlete, the hushed ooooooohhs from the rafters, all of it.
I start bouncing in the booth and squealing until Emma hushes me so she can hear.
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Like there was a constant “Shhhhhh” hushing us all the time, in every room.
From Literature
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"Right now I think we just need something positive," the 38-year-old Black woman and Virginia native told AFP moments later in a hushed voice.
From Barron's
“Tell those loud voices to hush up for a while!”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.