hold one's tongue

Example Sentences

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At least this once, one could hold one's tongue.

From Time Magazine Archive

Anyway, one can't hold one's tongue when one has a feeling, a tangible feeling, that one might be a help if only....

From Crime and Punishment by Garnett, Constance

When the case was put that way it certainly sounded right to hold one's tongue.

From The Eagle's Nest by Cartwright, S. E.

Anyhow, it seemed quite impossible to hold one's tongue that afternoon.

From My Young Days by Konewka, Paul

Heaven! sir," said she—"Well, I must not speak, and yet it is certainly very hard to be obliged to hold one's tongue when one hears."—"

From History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry