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Example sentences for "keep quiet"

  • Rulirun ta ka run ug dì ka muhílum, I will whack you with a ruler if you don’t keep quiet.

  • Keep quiet, I tell you again; this doesn't concern you!

  • It's nothing to spake of now, as long as ye keep quiet; but if ye don't thur'll be the divil to pay.

  • Now, if you'll keep quiet, I'll see what's the matter.

  • I'll keep quiet, but it's bound to be talked about," said Andy.

  • Stearns went to Washington to survey the ground for themselves, and the latter wrote to William Robinson, "The watchword is, keep quiet.

  • I think the answer will be found in the watchword: "Keep quiet!

  • Then, as the other persisted, he signed to him to keep quiet, and again turned to his writing, glancing furtively towards the second ante-room as if he believed that Abbe Paparelli was listening.

  • The fact is," he said to Guillaume, "you don't keep quiet.

  • Keep quiet, or you will scare the other from the trap.

  • God guard that Gowrie may have the prudence to keep quiet, for the king will have his way.

  • It is Sir Thomas Erskine speaks--keep quiet, as you wish for favour.

  • We could not see the sun on account of a high cliff at the foot of which we were lying, and if we had had any thought of getting up to look at it, we were stopped by Pedro, who at this moment whispered sharply to us to keep quiet.

  • Since returning from the turmoil of the election, you seem unable to keep quiet.

  • To- day the old woman could not keep quiet; she was constantly up and down to the concierge's lodge to pick up any stray report that came through the chinks of the porte-cochere.

  • Still, it would have been far more prudent on the part of the ultramontanes to keep quiet, seeing that their inferiority of numbers cannot alter the situation.

  • All the rest of the time he has got to keep quiet about it, and only allow others to talk if they want to; but at the Medicine Lodge a man himself can tell what he has done.

  • You know, she really can't keep quiet, Mr. Rivers.

  • You help me now and I'll keep quiet--you'd better.

  • And, as Quest shouted a question at him: "Keep quiet!

  • I have done so already, sir," answered Mr. Red Squirrel, although his wife was nudging him with one paw and motioning him to keep quiet.

  • Perhaps it would be better for our health if we were to keep quiet for a while and save our strength.

  • It was hard for the little ones to keep quiet long, and to amuse them Mr. Grouse told how he first met their mother in the spring.

  • Two wagon loads of arms and ammunition en route for Hole-in-the-day, were intercepted during the massacre, and for want of them he was induced to keep quiet.

  • At every point there were rounds and shouts of applause by clacquers, and brother Harry once rose in a towering rage, but I dragged him down and begged him to keep quiet.

  • They assured me of the truth of what had been told me, but advised me to keep quiet, as other people had done.

  • Look here, Mr. Darrell, business matters between Clarence and myself are not to be mentioned, and unless he authorizes me to speak I cannot repeat anything which he wishes to keep quiet.

  • Meantime, as the Don don't trouble any one with orders to vacate, the best thing to do is to keep quiet.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "keep quiet" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    aged about; bien que; coin money; complete mystery; dried fish; false claim; keep clear; keep close; keep down; keep her; keep ourselves; keep out; keep quiet; keep right; keep silence; keep straight; keep thee; keep their; keep them from burning; keep thyself; keep track; keep warm; keep well; pale green; procuring food; winna still