as still as a mouse
Example Sentences
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He sat as still as a mouse, in the futile hope that whoever it was might go away after a single attempt.
From "1984" by George Orwell
I will lie as still as a mouse; may I, mother?”
From Daddy's Girl by Meade, L. T.
She says she settled down as still as a mouse, made no smoke, and never lit so much as a candle nights.
From Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs by Warner, Anne
Fandor, feigning sleep, lay as still as a mouse; but how interminable seemed the hours!
From A Nest of Spies by Allain, Marcel
"I am standing as still as a mouse," she protested.
From A Dear Little Girl by Blanchard, Amy Ella
