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"ref": "2006, C. Owens, The Hacksaw, the Rose & the Parthenon Parrot, page 124",
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"ref": "2014, David Watson, Flight Path & Undercarriage",
"text": "Oh baby shushy shushy it's coldy and my legs are hurty and I need a ciggy and I ain't got one in my / bag",
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"ref": "2020, Stevie Davies, The Web of Belonging",
"text": "'Shushy shushy,' pleads Catherine. 'Shushy shushy for Mummy and Auntie Jessie.",
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"ref": "1980, Dorothy Edwards, My Naughty Little Sister and Bad Harry, page 27",
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"ref": "2008, Alan Burt Akers, Scorpio Assassin: Dray Prescot 39",
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"ref": "2015, Herb Payson, Blown Away, page 160",
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"ref": "2017, Juliet Butler ·, The Less You Know The Sounder You Sleep",
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"ref": "2006, Vikki L. Jeanne Cleveland, The Wading Place, page 254",
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"text": "The adults were still being all shushy and secretive, so José read his books, Anna scribbled in her notebook, and Henry started a new game.",
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"ref": "2008, Jennifer Ziegler, How Not to Be Popular, page 160",
"text": "I decide to leave the window open and climb back into bed, hoping the shushy waves of traffic will lull me to sleep.",
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},
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"text": "Oh baby shushy shushy it's coldy and my legs are hurty and I need a ciggy and I ain't got one in my / bag",
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},
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"text": "“Shushy, little baby,” Kim tried to soothe.",
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"text": "My little sister went to the library with us once, but she said she wouldn't come any more because she didn't like the shushy lady and the glasses man.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Alan Burt Akers, Scorpio Assassin: Dray Prescot 39",
"text": "The girl with lighter-colored hair than normal down here said in a shushy voice: “Yes. Come with me. We'll take him home.”",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Caroline Green, Dark Ride",
"text": "I made shushy flapping movements with my hands, which only made him screech louder.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2015, Herb Payson, Blown Away, page 160",
"text": "The first three times I drew stern, shushy looks.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017, Juliet Butler ·, The Less You Know The Sounder You Sleep",
"text": "It sounds like a lullaby, all shushy and soothing.",
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}
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"ref": "1947, Joseph Dever, No Lasting Home, page 34",
"text": "Then the audience and the actor would listen desperately for the frantic, shushy promptings of the nun in the wings.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2006, Vikki L. Jeanne Cleveland, The Wading Place, page 254",
"text": "This is a shushy time...",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Kate Messner, Manhunt",
"text": "The adults were still being all shushy and secretive, so José read his books, Anna scribbled in her notebook, and Henry started a new game.",
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},
{
"ref": "2017, Barry Lancet, The Spy Across the Table",
"text": "Do you notice how shushy it is around here?",
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"text": "I have a hat on too and the heater is blowing on me with a shushy noise .",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Jennifer Ziegler, How Not to Be Popular, page 160",
"text": "I decide to leave the window open and climb back into bed, hoping the shushy waves of traffic will lull me to sleep.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, David Lewis Yewdall, The Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound",
"text": "Remember, wear cotton clothing, not nylon or plastic, as synthetic fibers make “shushy”noises when you move, obviously spoiling your recording.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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