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
All this time the baby kept as still as a mouse.
From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
I will lie as still as a mouse; may I, mother?”
From Daddy's Girl by Meade, L. T.
She was as still as a mouse, and eat about as much.
From The House in Town by Warner, Susan
“I waited, as still as a mouse, so he wouldn’t get ’fraid, then he looked up in my face as much as to say: ‘Haven’t you any more?’
From The Woodcraft Girls in the City by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
