How do you use Hush in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like still or louden, plus the exact meaning.
Hush in a sentence
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Hush meaning
- To become quiet.
- To make quiet.
- To appease; to allay; to soothe.
Synonyms of Hush
Using Hush
- The main meaning on this page is: To become quiet. | To make quiet. | To appease; to allay; to soothe.
- Useful related words include: still, louden, hush up, quieten.
- In the example corpus, hush often appears in combinations such as: hush money, the hush, his hush.
Context around Hush
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 11 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hush
- In this selection, "hush" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 2019, pretty, typically, manner, swearing and fell stand out and add context to how "hush" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in a hush hush manner and 2019 hush hush swearing in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hush" sits close to words such as abdominal, atkinson and bedford, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hush
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Keep your happenings hush-hush. (5 words)
After the news story, it went all hush hush. (9 words)
As expected, everything is hush-hush at this point. (9 words)
The woman in Florida says she knows Stormy Daniels — aka Stephanie Clifford — the porn performer who is suing Trump over a hush-hush agreement that she says he never signed, even though his lawyer paid her $130,000 to keep quiet. (41 words)
It also appears that people are afraid of challenging the actions of this Ukpan Odey because of his connection with Dr. Frank because everyone I have raised the matter with has been speaking hush hush. (35 words)
This kind of mayhem is par for the course at VHS Uber Alles, where three bucks will land you a ticket to a hush-hush flick that you've probably never heard of, anyway. (34 words)
The themes of "The Eve of St. Agnes" and "The Eve of St Mark" may well have been suggested by her, the lyric Hush, Hush! (25 words)
Example sentences (20)
Sharad Pawar spoke of throwing a “googly” on Fadnavis over the 2019 hush-hush swearing in ceremony.
The court said that accepting the government’s suggestions in a hush-hush manner would prove detrimental to the credibility of the committee and its future work in the eyes of the nation.
The game has been in the works for years and Ubisoft has been pretty hush-hush about it up until this year when it began to show off gameplay.
The phrase “a hush fell over the crowd” might be cliche and overdramatic, but when comes up to bat, a hush literally does come over the crowd.
Casting is typically hush-hush in the world of soaps.
Maybe she is trying to keep it on the hush hush, but it certainly doesn’t seem that way.
This kind of mayhem is par for the course at VHS Uber Alles, where three bucks will land you a ticket to a hush-hush flick that you've probably never heard of, anyway.
It didn’t take long for the hush-hush relationship to come to light, though.
Page Six, “It was all very hush-hush, with a lot of security.
After the news story, it went all hush hush.
Fazal had also said that marriage definitely was on the cards and they would not resort to a secret, hush-hush wedding at all.
In Tamil Nadu, public consultation meetings on the draft were held in a ‘hush-hush’ manner, leaving no space for dissent, claimed academicians and politicians.
Keep your happenings hush-hush.
With so many eyes on her at all times, it’s no wonder that Bella tries to keep her private life as hush-hush as possible.
As expected, everything is hush-hush at this point.
It also appears that people are afraid of challenging the actions of this Ukpan Odey because of his connection with Dr. Frank because everyone I have raised the matter with has been speaking hush hush.
Still, this is a welcome departure from the hush-hush tones that often surround Hollywood salary discussions.
The woman in Florida says she knows Stormy Daniels — aka Stephanie Clifford — the porn performer who is suing Trump over a hush-hush agreement that she says he never signed, even though his lawyer paid her $130,000 to keep quiet.
Whatever is in the mix — garlic? horseradish — it remains hush-hush.
The themes of "The Eve of St. Agnes" and "The Eve of St Mark" may well have been suggested by her, the lyric Hush, Hush!
Common combinations with hush
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hush money 119×
- the hush 32×
- his hush 13×
- hush hush 8×
- to hush 8×
- in hush 7×
- trump hush 7×
- hush and 6×
- york hush 6×
- criminal hush 6×