Explore Shushed through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Shushed meaning
simple past and past participle of shush
Using Shushed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of shush
- In the example corpus, shushed often appears in combinations such as: shushed the, and shushed.
Context around Shushed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shushed
- In this selection, "shushed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, visitors, audibly and carone stand out and add context to how "shushed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include age is shushed and asked and around and shushed the away. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shushed" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shushed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
At that point, Guiliani audibly “shushed” Carone, who ignored his prompt. (11 words)
Before moving into his next song, Capaldi put his finger to his lips and shushed the audience. (17 words)
Eventually, those who still wanted to know were shushed into silence as if the issue was not important any more, or it was rude to ask. (26 words)
A child questions God(s) at an early age, is shushed and asked to desist, gets more curious, reads the Bible (with reason, and you know reason can never go with religion) and realizes bit-by-bit how much of a myth/folktale they’ve been taught! (47 words)
After stooping low to head home he turned around and shushed the away fans before cupping his ears, clearly venting his frustration over the criticism he has received following some performances this year. (33 words)
The 24-year-old, who had shushed the large Chinese contingent in the crowd before every lift, hoisted her diminutive coach in the air and carried him around the platform in celebration. (32 words)
A child questions God(s) at an early age, is shushed and asked to desist, gets more curious, reads the Bible (with reason, and you know reason can never go with religion) and realizes bit-by-bit how much of a myth/folktale they’ve been taught! (47 words)
Example sentences (7)
Before moving into his next song, Capaldi put his finger to his lips and shushed the audience.
After stooping low to head home he turned around and shushed the away fans before cupping his ears, clearly venting his frustration over the criticism he has received following some performances this year.
The 24-year-old, who had shushed the large Chinese contingent in the crowd before every lift, hoisted her diminutive coach in the air and carried him around the platform in celebration.
The potential wasn’t hidden on Friday, most notably in an opening 20 minutes, in which the visitors shushed the rowdy student section on one end of Amsoil Arena.
At that point, Guiliani audibly “shushed” Carone, who ignored his prompt.
Eventually, those who still wanted to know were shushed into silence as if the issue was not important any more, or it was rude to ask.
A child questions God(s) at an early age, is shushed and asked to desist, gets more curious, reads the Bible (with reason, and you know reason can never go with religion) and realizes bit-by-bit how much of a myth/folktale they’ve been taught!
Common combinations with shushed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: