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Examples
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If I were you I would just sit around all day 'shhhing' people whilst wearing my fabulous sexy librarian outfits.
What Does Kittenpie Do All Day? kittenpie 2007
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So I was "shhhing" and reprimanding them so I could continue to dream.
Dream in my dream splatypus 2008
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So I was "shhhing" and reprimanding them so I could continue to dream.
Archive 2008-09-01 splatypus 2008
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So, back I went, shhhing and patting and silently reprimanding my body for its lack of cooperation.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011
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So, back I went, shhhing and patting and silently reprimanding my body for its lack of cooperation.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011
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Along the way, there's a rich interlude in the Gobi Desert, a stolen sword that goes shhhing! whenever it's unsheathed and, naturally, about two dozen royal butt-kickings.
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Perhaps a memo to Purchasing: “To avoid excessive shhhing by staff, please find attached an order for 144 chloroform-soaked handkerchiefs…” ?
davidrothman.net » Correct Use of the Word: “Shushing” or “Shhhing” 2007
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“When used in the written format, would you use ‘shhhing’ or ‘shushing’ – I have seen it used both ways.”
davidrothman.net » Correct Use of the Word: “Shushing” or “Shhhing” 2007
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I do like the idea of a music room - but it does go against the shhhing librarian.
Techdirt 2009
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I have a Nancy Pearl action figure on my fridge, although the shhhing action doesn’t work as well as it used to.
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