Examples of 'hold his tongue' in a sentence
Meaning of "hold his tongue"
hold his tongue - This phrase means to refrain from speaking or expressing one's opinion, often due to a desire to avoid conflict or confrontation
How to use "hold his tongue" in a sentence
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hold his tongue
If only he knew how to hold his tongue.
He can hold his tongue better than anyone.
Tell your nephew to hold his tongue.
Hold his tongue.
Liam could not hold his tongue.
Let him hold his tongue and the people are looking at him.
It was not always easy to hold his tongue.
A year in which he must hold his tongue and avoid confrontation at all costs.
We want somebody who can hold his tongue.
If Louvois does not hold his tongue I may volunteer to hold it for him.
To be extremely difficult to have to hold his tongue so long.
He would hold his tongue whenever he could, especially when on the job.
Tiddles knew when to hold his tongue.
Hopefully Chuck can hold his tongue until after the pie? Have you seen Nate?
My husband learns to hold his tongue.
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You grab hold his tongue.
He was really going to have to start learning to hold his tongue.
He can not hold his tongue.
No one is a total fool if he knows when to hold his tongue.
Vilma should hold his tongue for now.
Somehow it seems to me that he died because he could not hold his tongue.
You have to hold his tongue.
I think a few weeks without grog will teach him to hold his tongue.
I wanted to hold his tongue.
That parson who unearthed your pedigree would have done better to hold his tongue.
He was told to hold his tongue.
And goodbye to the makeup magic of Oskar Lindbloom, who could not hold his tongue.
Miss Gray told the boy to hold his tongue while she was speaking.
But young Levain was decidedly too excited to be able to hold his tongue.
McQueen begrudgingly agreed to hold his tongue for the sake of the movie.
He might be worse, if he only knew how to hold his tongue.
Kyle Busch couldn't hold his tongue or his fingers.
If he is not to speak unless spoken to, he must hold his tongue.
Hopefully Chuck can hold his tongue until after the pie?
And of course Patrick can not hold his tongue.
Hopefully Chuck can hold his tongue until after the pie? Tropical storm.
Yet he also knew when to hold his tongue.
He can't hold his tongue.
Kanye West has never been one to hold his tongue.
Former X Factor winner could not hold his tongue during tonight 's final.
Passepartout went still further the next day ; he could not hold his tongue.
Whoa! You grab hold his tongue.
In order to save his skin, he might not hold his tongue.
I warned him to hold his tongue.
And Ned being so fiery, he 's not a man to hold his tongue.
Antoine did not hold his tongue.
Knowing she wouldn't understand him, Denny decided to hold his tongue.
Richard could not hold his tongue.
A man must follow orders … and hold his tongue.
Angelus never did hold his tongue.
