as still as a mouse
Example Sentences
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He sat as still as a mouse, in the futile hope that whoever it was might go away after a single attempt.
From "1984" by George Orwell
At these times ’Phemie had kept as still as a mouse.
From The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks by Marlowe, Amy Bell
When, with some difficulty, I at last succeeded in getting him up the stairs to his lodgings, he became as still as a mouse, and trembled from head to foot.
From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Heyse, Paul
I tried to make Maggie tell, but she's as still as a mouse; she always is.
From Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls by Reed, Helen Leah
The Rocky Mountain hunter was as still as a mouse.
From My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field by Coffin, Charles Carleton
