don't breathe a word

Example Sentences

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There you are with your comrades, every month, bold as brass, unapologetically coming to do your disruptive thing to me and my sisters and we don’t breathe a word.

From The Guardian • Sep. 4, 2019

It would have to be distinctly understood that you don’t breathe a word about it to a soul.”

From If Winter Don't A B C D E F Notsomuchinson by Pain, Barry

Now don't breathe a word of it to a living soul, or I am a dead boy.

From Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa 1883 by Smith, Gean

Now don't breathe a word of this, but there's a big deal on in Consolidated Copper.

From The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation by Wilson, Harry Leon

"Now go right back to your room and don't breathe a word of this to anyone."

From Through the Wall by Moffett, Cleveland