How to Use shush in a Sentence

shush

verb

• The librarian shushed the noisy children.
• Williams put his finger to his lips to shush the crowd after the score.
  — Kristie Rieken, ajc, 10 Oct. 2021
• 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
• The tour guide shushes Wang, gesturing with a finger to the lips.
  — Deborah Vankin, latimes.com, 26 May 2017
• 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
• So the agenda is impeach Trump but tell Maxine to shush about it.
  — Fox News, 10 July 2018
• Her husband, Muhammad, shushed her, telling her not to shame them.
  — New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
• 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
• The boxes have gotten so loud at times that donors have shushed each other.
  — Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
• How weird for a group of librarians to be shushed by a patron!
  — Karen MacPherson, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
• Some bar attendees shushed others when the room got too loud.
  — Saba Hamedy, CNN, 8 June 2017
• Across the room, Mr. Desrosiers rested his hand over his newborn in a kind of embrace, trying to shush the child’s crying and soothe the boy to sleep.
  — New York Times, 27 Oct. 2021
• 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
• Warriors and Raptors players tried to quiet the crowd, and the PA announcer shushed fans on the mic.
  — Jenna West, SI.com, 13 June 2019
• Much of the festival went on as normal, and some in line for films at the Palais had to be shushed during the remembrance.
  — vanityfair.com, 23 May 2017
• Marty Scurll put a finger to his lips and shushed the largest live crowd in Ring of Honor history.
  — Josh Barnett, USA TODAY, 11 May 2017
• One of them shushed a man nearby who was talking loudly on his cellphone.
  — Alexia Fernández Campbell, Vox, 27 Sep. 2018
• The Italians then took the lead, with Christian Vieri 'shushing' the home fans in celebration.
  — SI.com, 28 May 2018
• These questions are looming, and Tucker hasn't shushed them.
  — Drew Favakeh, Indianapolis Star, 3 Mar. 2020
• There were noises that had to be shushed so the ceremony could begin.
  — Beth Thames | [e-mail], al, 29 Jan. 2020
• An older man stopped and thanked him for recently showing up in person (along with the police) to shush a noisy night club.
  — Bob Morris, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019
• And at one point during the ceremony she was photographed shushing the group of page boys and bridesmaids.
  — Josh Duboff, Vanities, 20 May 2017
• Avalon and Leva Bates are known as the Librarians, and their gimmick of shushing the crowd drew huge boos.
  — Jay Reddick, orlandosentinel.com, 14 July 2019
• Neither her nor Morgan appears to know how to properly swaddle the poor kid, let alone rock or shush it to sleep.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• Trucks washed the streets morning and night, creeping in the darkness, their brushes shushing like reminders to keep quiet.
  — Sophia Moskalenko, Vox, 2 July 2019
• Then, in February, rumors of their romance were briefly shushed.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019
• Her housemate quickly shushed her, saying she wasn’t supposed to tell.
  — NBC News, 3 June 2018
• Her housemate quickly shushed her, saying she wasn't supposed to tell.
  — Todd Richmond, Fox News, 3 June 2018
• A little umbrella shading an array of lurid garnishes, with crushed ice already beginning to shush in the heat?
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 29 June 2024

Last Updated: 19 Oct 2024