Thesaurus / hold one's tongue

hold one's tongue

synonyms for hold one's tongue

MOST RELEVANT

QUIZ

Conjure A Perfect Score On This Magic Words Quiz

“Perhaps you do not speak my language,” she said in Urdu, the tongue most frequently heard in Upper India.

Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.

He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.

THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD

Now first we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.

One adorable smile she gave him, and before he could advance to hold the door for her, she had opened it and passed out.

Not being sufficiently numerous to hold out the town as well as the Alamo, they retreated into the latter.

The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both.

Each sentence came as if torn piecemeal from his unwilling tongue; short, jerky phrases, conceived in pain and delivered in agony.

RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

He was well set in the form of a man now, the months since his imprisonment having brought him much to fasten upon and hold.

THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN

If the Turks get hold of a lot of fresh men and throw them upon us during the night,—perhaps they may knock us off into the sea.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985