shut up

Example Sentences

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"Many of them are angry. They want to tell the church to shut up," and to confine itself to issues such as abortion, Mr Gibson says.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025

Warren: The arpeggiation in “Ordinary” — I’ll shut up about this song eventually — everyone thinks it’s a harp, but it’s a rubber bridge guitar.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

Mr. Easterly accurately describes the historical ideology that would tell the conquered to shut up and “enjoy the GDP.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Altman then continued with an Elon Musk-like bromide, in that the value of going public is to shut up critics who would bet against the stock.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025

I wanted to tell him to shut up, but before I could say anything Charles lurched abruptly to the side, to clear his shot.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt