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

I'll see it into the bag, and mind you don't breathe a word of this.

From The Boy Patriot by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

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

From Peck's Compendium of Fun by Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)

Little one, don't breathe a word; your mother knows nothing.

From Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist by Smiles, Samuel

Now, Tolliver, whatever you do, don't breathe a word about this Bridalbin—don't mention his name to a soul, not even to your grandmother.

From Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction by Harris, Joel Chandler