How to Use keep quiet in a Sentence

keep quiet

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  • But John isn't about to keep quiet to keep Kaylee on his team.
    Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2023
  • One wants to keep quiet, the other wants revenge.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, there are lots of good fans out there who cheer and otherwise keep quiet.
    Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Of course Kate should be able to keep quiet while dealing with cancer.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • But no one should be telling the handful of people who’ve dragged politicians this far to keep quiet.
    Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 22 July 2021
  • Hal orders Kate to keep quiet, and then goes over to Grace Penn.
    Trish Deitch, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Don't let the nagging little voice inside of you convince you to keep quiet.
    Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 16 Aug. 2021
  • After winning, Robinson had to keep quiet about that as well.
    Nate Rau, Axios, 9 Aug. 2024
  • What incentive does Margaret have to keep quiet about it now?
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Of course, celebrities, like everyone else, have the freedom to choose when to keep quiet and when to speak up.
    Marion Renault, The New Republic, 24 June 2021
  • By early 2021, Munns had fired his first lawyer who told him to keep quiet.
    Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 19 Dec. 2021
  • When one soldier is cut by a sword, the others desperately force him to keep quiet.
    Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Some have aired their worries publicly, but the danger to their careers is real, and so most keep quiet.
    Scott Kennedy, Foreign Affairs, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The other man, Fox said, followed him and urged him to keep quiet about the incident.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The consequences of abuse can be profound and long-lasting, and those who keep quiet often fare the worst.
    Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2023
  • And that’s mostly because Apple and Google force apps to keep quiet.
    Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
  • When Rahim inquired about the car and money, he was told to keep quiet and not tell anyone about the lottery.
    Parth M.n., Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • When Bo's son confronted him about his own assault, Bo punched him and told him to keep quiet.
    David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 24 Nov. 2021
  • The police refuse to investigate and her own family would like her to keep quiet.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 1 Sep. 2024
  • So Trump, tactically, should keep quiet on the judges keep quiet.
    ABC News, 23 Mar. 2025
  • They were told to keep quiet, but were given coloring pencils and paper and passed the time drawing.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • So keep quiet about these wonderful features, or everyone is going to want to move here.
    David Guzman, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2021
  • But cinema operators were more or less forced to keep quiet about the robust turnout.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Nov. 2022
  • These kids saw their own worries about school or friends as a possible burden to their parents and opted to keep quiet.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2022
  • Just because someone decides to keep quiet and not tell their story, that should be respected.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Ironically, she was punished in school for not being able to keep quiet and put in a corner with a dunce cap on her head.
    Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The son of Irish immigrants also knew when to keep quiet, letting the roar of the crowd speak for itself.
    David Wharton, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Megan later claimed that Lanez offered her money to keep quiet about the incident.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Bonjean asked if this was a means for Jane to receive payment to keep quiet, which Jane denied.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2022
  • After the bribe was paid, Maani asked Presta to keep quiet about the money, the plea stated.
    Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 17 Nov. 2021

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