How to Use keep quiet in a Sentence

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• But John isn't about to keep quiet to keep Kaylee on his team.
  — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2023
• By early 2021, Munns had fired his first lawyer who told him to keep quiet.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 19 Dec. 2021
• Of course, there are lots of good fans out there who cheer and otherwise keep quiet.
  — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2024
• Yeah—we were supposed to just get our Mrs. degree and keep quiet.
  — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 15 June 2022
• Of course Kate should be able to keep quiet while dealing with cancer.
  — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• After the bribe was paid, Maani asked Presta to keep quiet about the money, the plea stated.
  — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 17 Nov. 2021
• But no one should be telling the handful of people who’ve dragged politicians this far to keep quiet.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 22 July 2021
• The other man, Fox said, followed him and urged him to keep quiet about the incident.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
• Of course, celebrities, like everyone else, have the freedom to choose when to keep quiet and when to speak up.
  — Marion Renault, The New Republic, 24 June 2021
• When Rahim inquired about the car and money, he was told to keep quiet and not tell anyone about the lottery.
  — Parth M.n., Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
• The son of Irish immigrants also knew when to keep quiet, letting the roar of the crowd speak for itself.
  — David Wharton, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2022
• And that’s mostly because Apple and Google force apps to keep quiet.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
• The consequences of abuse can be profound and long-lasting, and those who keep quiet often fare the worst.
  — Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2023
• Don't let the nagging little voice inside of you convince you to keep quiet.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 16 Aug. 2021
• Votto, who was animated in his jawing with Wick and the Cubs’ dugout, told the Cubs to keep quiet.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 26 May 2022
• When Bo's son confronted him about his own assault, Bo punched him and told him to keep quiet.
  — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 24 Nov. 2021
• Bonjean asked if this was a means for Jane to receive payment to keep quiet, which Jane denied.
  — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2022
• Guests also have to adhere to food storage rules so that food doesn't attract bears, and the campgrounds keep quiet hours between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2023
• The only reason any of this has come out now is because Mr. Pitt decided to sue her for not agreeing to keep quiet.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
• Ironically, she was punished in school for not being able to keep quiet and put in a corner with a dunce cap on her head.
  — Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2023
• Gansu province and warned them to keep quiet, according to friends.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2021
• They were told to keep quiet, but were given coloring pencils and paper and passed the time drawing.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
• Megan later claimed that Lanez offered her money to keep quiet about the incident.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 Dec. 2021
• These kids saw their own worries about school or friends as a possible burden to their parents and opted to keep quiet.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2022
• In asking the lawyers to keep quiet about the hearing, the judge did not issue a gag order, which would bar the participants on the call from sharing the information.
  — Pam Belluck, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2023
• But cinema operators were more or less forced to keep quiet about the robust turnout.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Nov. 2022
• Alamo Drafthouse movie theaters are loud and proud about their policy of kicking out people who don’t keep quiet.
  — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2023
• He had been threatened in anonymous calls and messages — then abducted in November 2020 and told to keep quiet.
  — Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2022
• So keep quiet about these wonderful features, or everyone is going to want to move here.
  — David Guzman, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2021
• This damsel has been viewed as a human dollar sign, an offering and someone expected to be pretty and keep quiet.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024