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 tried to make Maggie tell, but she's as still as a mouse; she always is.
From Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls by Helen Leah Reed
Fandor, feigning sleep, lay as still as a mouse; but how interminable seemed the hours!
From A Nest of Spies by Marcel Allain
He felt an immense pity and tenderness for her, sitting there as still as a mouse.
From Abington Abbey A Novel by Archibald Marshall
She would have welcomed almost any interruption of Judy's; but this time Judy kept as still as a mouse.
From Trading by Susan Warner
