| They quieted, however, when the Elder waved a hand to shush them, the better to hear what else the Imkill had to say. |
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| It consists of hums and burrs and the shush of compressed air engaging and disengaging continually. |
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| They started to shush me and told me to be quiet or I wouldn't hear her crying. |
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| The doormen actually intercept approaching revellers in the street outside the club, asking them to shush. |
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| I scrambled to shush her, but this is my sister's regular speaking voice. She sat down and looked around. |
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| I need my little musical rhythm to wrap me up and shush me tenderly as I wonder about the black-haired girl, and the basilisks in the hotel lobby. |
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| They call their dogs, tie their shoelaces, shush their teething babies and look for reassurance to the striking of the town clock. |
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| Lily started to speak but Joe raised one finger to shush her. |
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| It was meant to be her big career revival, a triumphant return to form that would finally shush the incessant tabloid coverage of her car crash of a life. |
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| Some parents shush a child because they can't stand the constant chatter. |
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| She resists me, so I must shush her like a child. |
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| He mocked himself, talking fondly about his wife and telling a story about his five-year-old daughter complaining about being told to shush while her father did yet another radio interview. |
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| Suddenly it is stiller, except for a belchy groan. Then a high whiny sound, gradually diminishing, a sort of shush, and finally all is quiet. |
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| She'd shush me and close my fist around her gift. |
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