hold one's tongue

Example Sentences

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At least this once, one could hold one's tongue.

From Time Magazine Archive

But it seemed fatally easy to hold one's tongue.

From Under False Pretences A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline

Anyhow, it seemed quite impossible to hold one's tongue that afternoon.

From My Young Days by Konewka, Paul

If after the help one has had from you one can't either take care of one's self or simply hold one's tongue, one must renounce all claim to be an object of interest.

From The Ambassadors by James, Henry

An attitude of positive urbanity toward life was not to be expected; it was doing one's duty to hold one's tongue and keep one's hands off one's own windpipe, and other people's.

From Roderick Hudson by James, Henry