Synonyms
Examples for "hold one's tongue"
Examples for "hold one's tongue"
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Under many circumstances it is not difficult to hold one's tongue.
2
It is a very good thing to be able to hold one's tongue!
3
In times like these, one must hold one's tongue.
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If one could always hold one's tongue as to what one sees, one would be the better for it.
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When one has talked to one's self for a great many years it is hard to hold one's tongue in public.
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Go in the spare room, where it is cool; we'll keep quiet.
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You need to be able to keep quiet when hunting and fishing.
3
The story is that my father paid her to keep quiet, right?
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The longer they keep quiet and do nothing, the better for us.
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So they keep quiet and hope someone else will take the risk.
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Paris and the provinces broke out; the Parliament did not keep silent.
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Although the Manchester police cleared Drake, she demanded money to keep silent.
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Maybe Gervaise made her keep silent, and the words just built up.
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Speak up clearly when you are spoken to, and keep silent otherwise.
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Mark was right at his back, doing his best to keep silent.
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Roth later allowed people to return after admonishing them to remain silent.
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All 33 members had invoked their right to remain silent, he added.
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Republican candidates did not exactly remain silent following the San Bernardino shooting.
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The law gives me the right to remain silent in any event.
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Yet he could tell that they were struggling to remain silent, too.
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It is a case of be silent or stand up, he said.
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The wood-pigeon in the fir trees could not be silent any longer.
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In the presence of tears I can neither speak nor be silent.
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He will be silent; he has the power to make her so.
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I wonder whether you can be silent in the sight of night-fishing.
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Reginald will learn to be silent, just as he learned to talk.
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The Asiatic princes-But the ruler of the state must be silent.
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He signed to Dermot to be silent and said in solemn tones:
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Really nothing; and I hoped he would allow me to be silent.
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Many know well how to speak; few know when to be silent.
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She would lose herself in thought at times, and she'd be silent.
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Far more have sacrificed too much more for me to be silent.
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Now please be silent unless you have a cogent point to make.
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Hear me for my cause; and be silent, that you may hear.
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Harvey motioned the others to be silent, and tiptoed across the floor.
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He knew it was one of the things to be silent about.