A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
1 Three tumbrils faring away with their dread loads over the hushing snow.
2 Helena stepped forward and wrapped him in her skirt, hushing the cries.
3 He entered and found a young mother hushing her baby to rest.
4 The woman gave him a mild jab with her hand, hushing him.
5 As for hushing it up, I'm hushing it up myself, thank you.
6 But the hushing of the criticism of honest opponents is a dangerous thing.
7 I can hear the audience hushing one another, not wanting to miss anything.
8 The awful news spread from lip to lip, hushing shouts and quelling laughter.
9 A soft hushing sound, like fingernails scratching down an endless sheet of paper.
10 Comforted wondrously by the hushing finger, Hugh would yet understand more.
11 She stood hushing Cinders as if he had been an infant.
12 There were a great many false alarms, sudden outcries, hushing again rather slowly.
13 Ben brought his finger up quickly and made a hushing sound.
14 He saw Gareth opening his mouth to speak and his wife hushing him.
15 But at last she spoke, putting a hushing hand on Eric's dreamful head.
16 I touched my finger to my lips in a hushing gesture.
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