Below you will find example sentences with "keep quiet". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Keep Quiet in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: quiet
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 22.3 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 7 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "keep quiet" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 22.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 15 or keep quiet, by and keep quiet we will, president, avoid and intellectual stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with keep doing, keep fighting and keep pace, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with keep quiet
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Keep quiet and keep moving. (5 words)
And so if you can, don’t keep quiet. (9 words)
He then told the migrants to “keep quiet,” the complaint continues. (11 words)
Those who have responsibility to protect these pipeline keep quiet and keep silent; those who watch this happen; and in deed, I was shocked when we went to the site of the last incident, very proximate, there was a big church and a big mosque. (45 words)
Citing the example of Manhize Mliswa said: “If we talk about production in terms of resources, Manhize – we made a lot of noise there and we decided to keep quiet because at the end of the day you could see that Government is not involved. (45 words)
Former President Donald Trump launched a new attack on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis after the governor took a thinly veiled shot at the former president for allegedly paying off an adult film star to keep quiet about an alleged affair. (40 words)
General Hospital Spoilers: Sonny Hides Nina’s Secret from Willow & Carly – Pact with Michael to Keep Quiet? (17 words)
How long will Leo keep quiet, and what will happen when he opens his mouth? (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
Keep quiet and keep moving.
Triplets Chops and Catering“It is actually safe to keep quiet and avoid some podcast/interviews while you keep people guessing over your intellectual prowess”.
Those who have responsibility to protect these pipeline keep quiet and keep silent; those who watch this happen; and in deed, I was shocked when we went to the site of the last incident, very proximate, there was a big church and a big mosque.
Just shut your mouth and keep quiet so that you could be mistaken for the sane pseudo intellectual or keep parroting nonsense and confirm your stubbornness.
Children were sometimes hard to keep quiet or were unable to keep up with a group.
After one of his coffees spilled, Maggie noticed a smell of alcohol, and she didn’t just keep quiet about it.
And so if you can, don’t keep quiet.
Citing the example of Manhize Mliswa said: “If we talk about production in terms of resources, Manhize – we made a lot of noise there and we decided to keep quiet because at the end of the day you could see that Government is not involved.
Earlier in the day Swanson had been asked to leave the courtroom for failing to keep quiet while other cases were being heard.
Ecclestone admits he and ex-FIA president Max Mosley found out about the race fixing in 2008 but decided to keep quiet to avoid a scandal.
Former President Donald Trump launched a new attack on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis after the governor took a thinly veiled shot at the former president for allegedly paying off an adult film star to keep quiet about an alleged affair.
General Hospital Spoilers: Sonny Hides Nina’s Secret from Willow & Carly – Pact with Michael to Keep Quiet?
He also testified that Megan said Tory apologized for shooting her and offered her money to keep quiet.
He recalled the pressure within the industry to either get on board with the AR-15 or keep quiet.
He then told the migrants to “keep quiet,” the complaint continues.
How long will Leo keep quiet, and what will happen when he opens his mouth?
If we stand by and keep quiet, we will be complicit in the continuing oppression of the Palestinians,” Makgoba added.
On expected lines, the tribals, whose lives and livelihood are at stake, were not going to keep quiet.
Reports on Monday suggested that Tatar and Ustel had been summoned by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to be told to keep quiet about anything Cyprus problem related.
The couple has always lived with Halim’s secret – his homosexuality – about which he has learned to keep quiet.