| We had been separated from the rest of humanity with solemn and legally binding promises to keep mum. |
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| But the so called ' leaders ' keep mum and even some of them encourage the bureaucrats to carry on with their bureaucratic bunglings. |
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| In other words, keep mum about the war, those responsible for it and its consequences. |
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| For sellers, it may be tempting to keep mum about a new development, especially if construction hasn't started yet. |
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| But if I've lost those same 15 pounds because of a terrible flesh-eating virus, I'd rather you keep mum. |
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| He had important information on the mistreatment of the detainees and the government told him to keep mum. |
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| There is an incentive to collude with other suppliers to boost prices, just as two prisoners have good reason to keep mum about their crime. |
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| Those who suspect a colleague of fraud may be inclined to keep mum because of the potential costs of whistle-blowing. |
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| A good friend can keep mum about your deepest darkest secrets. |
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| They chose to keep mum then and now are raising a furore over bad roads. |
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| By the same token, you are urged to keep mum more than usual, lest you enter overpromising or overcritical territory. |
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| How can the minister responsible for the Quebec City region continue to keep mum while the Department of National Defence continues to show such bad faith? |
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| Yet a monkey who opts to keep mum about its discovery could face worse. |
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| Then why wouldn't governments and public officials simply keep mum about their numbers until they are firm and not subject to grow at possibly the same rate as Pinocchio's nose? |
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| Leigh is said to keep mum about his working methods. |
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| My sister would not drink her milk when she was tiny, so to keep Mum at bay, my brother would shell fresh garden peas into her glass. |
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