don't breathe a word
Example Sentences
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There you are with your comrades, every month, bold as brass, unapologetically coming to do your disruptive thing to me and my sisters and we don’t breathe a word.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 4, 2019
Hush! don't breathe a word; it is my secret; only I had to tell you because of what I saw in your face just now.
From The Rhodesian by Gertrude Page
Now don't breathe a word of this, but there's a big deal on in Consolidated Copper.
From The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation by Harry Leon Wilson
Now, Tolliver, whatever you do, don't breathe a word about this Bridalbin—don't mention his name to a soul, not even to your grandmother.
From Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction by Joel Chandler Harris
There's ever such a hullabaloo going on about it all at home, but I look absolutely stolid and don't breathe a word.
From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Angela Brazil
