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
The fire was made, and the fish were washed; and Diana stood by the column of smoke in the meadow and looked on, as still as a mouse.
From Diana by Warner, Susan
He felt an immense pity and tenderness for her, sitting there as still as a mouse.
From Abington Abbey A Novel by Marshall, Archibald
Well, I gets up, a-wondering, and goes down-stairs—nobody around; everything as still as a mouse.
From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade by Twain, Mark
He soon divined my occupation, and kept as still as a mouse until by a sign I released him, when he begged, in the same language, to see what I had drawn.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward
