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Meanings of keep silent in English

To stop speaking or making noise.

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Examples for "be silent"
Examples for "be silent"
1
It is a case of be silent or stand up, he said.
The Irish Times
2
The wood-pigeon in the fir trees could not be silent any longer.
Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
3
In the presence of tears I can neither speak nor be silent.
Love and Other Stories
4
He will be silent; he has the power to make her so.
Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida / Selected from the Works of Ou...
5
I wonder whether you can be silent in the sight of night-fishing.
Feats on the Fiord / The third book in "The Playfellow"
1
Under many circumstances it is not difficult to hold one's tongue.
How to Study and Teaching How to Study
2
It is a very good thing to be able to hold one's tongue!
Stories to Tell to Children
3
In times like these, one must hold one's tongue.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 08: 1563-64
4
If one could always hold one's tongue as to what one sees, one would be the better for it.
Pepper & Salt; or, Seasoning for Young Folk
5
When one has talked to one's self for a great many years it is hard to hold one's tongue in public.
Clair de Lune / A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes
1
Go in the spare room, where it is cool; we'll keep quiet.
A Daughter of the Land
2
You need to be able to keep quiet when hunting and fishing.
Reuters
3
The story is that my father paid her to keep quiet, right?
The hellfire club
4
The longer they keep quiet and do nothing, the better for us.
The Boy Allies in Great Peril; Or, With the Italian Army in the ...
5
So they keep quiet and hope someone else will take the risk.
Earth Afire
1
Roth later allowed people to return after admonishing them to remain silent.
Reuters
2
All 33 members had invoked their right to remain silent, he added.
Reuters
3
Republican candidates did not exactly remain silent following the San Bernardino shooting.
The Guardian
4
The law gives me the right to remain silent in any event.
Moral
5
Yet he could tell that they were struggling to remain silent, too.
Worldwinder
Usage of keep silent in English
1
Paris and the provinces broke out; the Parliament did not keep silent.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 0...
2
Although the Manchester police cleared Drake, she demanded money to keep silent.
Ebony
3
Maybe Gervaise made her keep silent, and the words just built up.
All together dead
4
Speak up clearly when you are spoken to, and keep silent otherwise.
To the blight: the eye of the world
5
Mark was right at his back, doing his best to keep silent.
The Kill Order
6
To keep silent was to co-operate in the evil-topander to it.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
7
Girls do not keep silent long, no matter how grave the situation.
Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid
8
Breathless with the very effort she made to keep silent and quiet.
Melbourne House, Volume 2
9
After all, for nearly twenty years he has had to keep silent.
Julian
10
Say nothing about it, Egbert, and tell the men to keep silent.
The Dragon and the Raven; Or, The Days of King Alfred
11
My father was so taken aback that he forgot to keep silent.
Novel Notes
12
Now I can go away, and keep silent for a long time.
The Web of Life
13
He ordered her to keep silent, that he would attend to everything.
The Godfather
14
About this, I say, leaky Parmeno should be able to keep silent.
The Deeds of God Through the Franks
15
Give me your word-yourpromise to keep silent-tokeep De Folligny silent-
Madcap
16
Time enough to talk then, or keep silent, as circumstances may dictate.
Elster's Folly: A Novel
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Keep silent through the time
Keep silent across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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