hold your tongue

Example Sentences

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Do you ever find yourself having to hold your tongue?

From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2022

The working theory seems to be that if you can just hold your tongue now, you can someday wield your power honorably.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2020

But if you raise money from investment bankers you don’t want them thinking you’d ever talk about them that way, so you hold your tongue.

From Salon • Jul. 29, 2019

"Those meetings were tough. You had to navigate how to hold your tongue and still express the shortsightedness of how people were looking at your movie and the marketplace in general."

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2015

"When she is done, you will have your turn. Until then, hold your tongue."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin