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- v. present participle of shush.
- n. The act of making a shush sound to silence somebody.
Examples
“RICHARD: I think the only response to matronly shushing is to be equally rude, to shush back, so to speak.”
“Don't you just love the sound of beads enticingly covering a doorway "shushing" as you sashay past ... like entering into a new world where only that sound exists for a moment ....”
“And this can sometimes mean "shushing" the external voices so that we can actually hear our own (the inner one).”
The Huffington Post: Tabby Biddle: What's a Woman in Transition to Do?
“And this can sometimes mean "shushing" the external voices so that we can actually hear our own the inner one.”
The Huffington Post: Tabby Biddle: What's a Woman in Transition to Do?
“Don't you just love the sound of beads enticingly covering a doorway "shushing" as you sashay past...like entering into a new world where only that sound exists for a moment....”
“Eurella made a severe "shushing" gesture, but Eutok took several steps toward his brother, a pleasant expression frozen on his lips that was not at all reflected in his eyes.”
“A road accident strands a young woman Bree Turner in the woods where she is terrorized and captured by an unexplained subhuman armed with curiously advanced sword-and-sorcery-style cutlery, whose hobby appears to be the manufacture of formerly live scarecrows and whose violent actions are offset by a cute little "shushing" schtick.”
“Museum attendants should be stopped from "shushing" children and displays should be hung low enough for youngsters to see properly, according to a manifesto to make museums more family-friendly published today.”
“Museum staff told to stop 'shushing' children guardian. co.uk at 00.01 GMT on Thursday 5 February 2009.”
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