Examples of 'hold her tongue' in a sentence

Meaning of "hold her tongue"

hold her tongue: This phrase means to keep silent or refrain from speaking, especially to avoid causing offense or trouble

How to use "hold her tongue" in a sentence

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hold her tongue
She can not hold her tongue.
Do not hold a seizing person down or try to hold her tongue.
Tell her to hold her tongue.
She asks for increasing amounts of lucre to hold her tongue.
And she will hold her tongue about you.
Never did really learn how to hold her tongue.
She could not hold her tongue any longer.
It would be more prudent for her to hold her tongue.
She managed to hold her tongue every single day.
His darkening eyes warned her to hold her tongue.
She will hold her tongue as long as she trusts my purpose.
She knows how to hold her tongue.
To hold her tongue.
Esther knew when to hold her tongue.
She would just hold her tongue and try to ignore her tormentors.

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Amy could no longer hold her tongue.
Can she not hold her tongue for just one moment?
You should tell her to hold her tongue.
She can not hold her tongue and I loved it!
Even Jingfei managed to hold her tongue.
To hold her tongue in a man's presence.
She knows when to hold her tongue too.
Miss Arrabella Young who upon the first of May began to hold her tongue.
Can she not hold her tongue for just one moment? No, she can not!
I only hope she will hold her tongue.
Hold her tongue down?
The teacher told Mary to hold her tongue.
Even less to such a one as I who knows to hold her tongue.
But Borka told Undis to hold her tongue.
In her father 's presence a girl should hold her tongue.
You would do well to teach your daughter to hold her tongue in a man 's presence.
He thinks of his people . In her father 's presence a girl should hold her tongue.
A teenage girl can't hold her tongue.
But being a child, she found it difficult to hold her tongue.
This time Amelia could not hold her tongue.
You would do well… to teach your daughter to hold her tongue in a man's presence.
If you wanna get a finger bitten off. Hold her tongue down?
She's sassy and doesn't hold her tongue.

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