How to Use mum in a Sentence

mum

noun

• In a good sign, both sides stayed mum about the status of the talks.
  — Laura Litvan, Bloomberg.com, 2 June 2023
• The illness that your poor mum died from is called Hellp.
  — Hazlitt, 8 Nov. 2023
• The film is mum about what those mistakes might have been.
  — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
• Only, his dad and mum (Jamie Bell and Claire Foy) have been dead for years.
  — Lisa Kennedy, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
• Just avoid those silly pot mums for sale in the grocery store.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2023
• Part of my job as a young man was to escape my mum’s control.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• All the while, the FBI said, the 8-year-old boy's legal guardians remained mum on his whereabouts.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023
• Then, use orange pumpkins and white mums to line the walkway to your home.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
• There’s something of my mum in them both, or vice versa.
  — Sophie Lewis, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
• In the decades since, mothers — along with moms, mamas and mums — have been mentioned 295 times.
  — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
• Fritz said his mum had been careful not to put too much pressure him.
  — Simon Cambers, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2024
• Fans of the Canadian team remained mum — the U.S. posted shutouts, 1-0 and 3-0.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2023
• The singer and soon-to-be mum of two showed off the new ’do in a recent campaign for Savage X Fenty.
  — Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 11 July 2023
• Fresh fall flowers, like mums, bring life to this display.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
• There was a cupboard where my mum kept all the winter blankets.
  — Simon Chilvers, Vogue, 14 June 2023
• My mum says each one reminds her of a different one of her friends.
  — Dennis Duncan, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022
• This year, red mums add to the colorful tableau, and pumpkins are perched even high above Young’s front door.
  — Jessica Contrera, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2023
• But the company has been mum on whether any of the tools are profitable when compared with the cost of running them.
  — Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
• In This Article Fall is a time to put out the pumpkins and mums, pull out the sweaters and thick socks, and go for long, leisurely hikes in the woods.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2023
• My dad was a heavy jazz person, and my mum was heavy on the old-school highlife and reggae music.
  — Nelson C.j., Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
• Every time a new film came out, my mum would take me and my sister to the cinema at the weekend.
  — Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2023
• My mum is a nurse and my family is Irish and from Dartford [in England].
  — Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 22 Nov. 2022
• For fall color, plant asters, crimson flags, dahlias, mums, and pansies in pots.
  — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
• Growing up, my mum would tell me to never leave the house without Vaseline.
  — Debra Edwards, Essence, 21 Mar. 2024
• Rumors of his recasting are swirling, but the studio is still mum.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 30 Mar. 2023
• Project Endgame was supposed to be available sometime last year, but the chip maker has been mum on the cloud service’s fate.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 20 July 2023
• When the school suggested their blender was the culprit, Dave and his roommates agreed, keeping mum about the candle.
  — Ilana Frost, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
• The mums used hundreds of feet of ribbon, and the class had to scavenge for a piece of cardboard big enough to be the backing for the mums, senior Neely Smith told NewsWest 9.
  — Sasha Richie, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
• The phone ships with Android 13, but the company was mum on software support.
  — Dave Leclair, PCMAG, 4 Apr. 2023
• Plant fall flowers such as mums, asters, and pansies to provide pops of color until the first hard freeze.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 23 June 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024