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

"Do so, but don't breathe a word of what I have told you."

From Cast Upon the Breakers by Alger, Horatio

B. Maslik's a Tochter," Scheikowitz added; "and remember, Elkan, don't breathe a word of this to Polatkin, otherwise he would never get through talking about it.

From Elkan Lubliner, American by Glass, Montague

But remember this: don't breathe a word of it to anyone.

From Swirling Waters by Rittenberg, Max

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

From Through the Wall by Moffett, Cleveland