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Significados de hushing en inglés

portugués
silvo
catalán
xiulada

A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)

        silvo
        Uso de hushing en inglés
        1
        Three tumbrils faring away with their dread loads over the hushing snow.
        A Tale of Two Cities
        2
        Helena stepped forward and wrapped him in her skirt, hushing the cries.
        Siege of heaven
        3
        He entered and found a young mother hushing her baby to rest.
        The Blue Flower
        4
        The woman gave him a mild jab with her hand, hushing him.
        The evolutionary void
        5
        As for hushing it up, I'm hushing it up myself, thank you.
        The Belfry
        6
        But the hushing of the criticism of honest opponents is a dangerous thing.
        The Souls of Black Folk
        7
        I can hear the audience hushing one another, not wanting to miss anything.
        The Hunger Games
        8
        The awful news spread from lip to lip, hushing shouts and quelling laughter.
        The Heart of the Hills
        9
        A soft hushing sound, like fingernails scratching down an endless sheet of paper.
        Leviathan Wakes
        10
        Comforted wondrously by the hushing finger, Hugh would yet understand more.
        David Elginbrod
        11
        She stood hushing Cinders as if he had been an infant.
        The Rocks of Valpré
        12
        There were a great many false alarms, sudden outcries, hushing again rather slowly.
        Romance
        13
        Ben brought his finger up quickly and made a hushing sound.
        Wizard at Large
        14
        He saw Gareth opening his mouth to speak and his wife hushing him.
        Blood harvest
        15
        But at last she spoke, putting a hushing hand on Eric's dreamful head.
        The Little House in the Fairy Wood
        16
        I touched my finger to my lips in a hushing gesture.
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        Translations for hushing
        portugués
        silvo
        Hushing a través del tiempo
        Hushing por variante geográfica
        Reino Unido
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