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hushing

[ UK /hˈʌʃɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
    the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience

How To Use hushing In A Sentence

  • The avener and his young son, no more than nine years old, were bedding down the horses for the night and shushing them quietly, trying to calm them as best they could.
  • The women are whispering and the men shushing and telling everyone to sit down - they've never seen a drama like this before.
  • It annoyed Nyte, keeping him up with the shushing of the wind in the nearby aspens and the constant patter-patter of rain on the roof.
  • She gave a vague motion toward the door that was even now shushing shut behind Winnie. BAD MEDICINE
  • The wind sighs in the trees, shushing me to sleep.
  • Right as I opened my mouth to deny this, she put a finger to my lips, hushing me.
  • A few cars passed through the lonely yellow of the street lights, their tires making soft shushing sounds on the wet pavement.
  • She automatically wrapped her arms around me and rubbed my back, hushing me in a soothing way.
  • I trace a finger on his lips, hushing him soothingly.
  • He covered her mouth with his, hushing her lovingly.
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