utter a peep
Frequency: 2.50.8 per million words
to make a small, quiet sound (often used in the negative)
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Examples (10)
- He didn't dare utter a peep.
- The children were so frightened that they didn't utter a peep during the storm.
- I want you to sit in the corner and not utter a peep until I'm finished.
- Throughout the long meeting, the usually vocal assistant didn't utter a peep.
- Even when the nurse gave him the injection, the brave little boy didn't utter a peep.
- None of the witnesses have uttered a peep to the police about what they saw.
- The house was so quiet that not even a mouse uttered a peep.
- Surprisingly, the opposition party failed to utter a peep against the controversial law.
- She was so shocked by the news that she couldn't utter a peep for several minutes.
- Hardly a peep was uttered by the students during the final examination.