How to Use keep a secret in a Sentence
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And the worst way to keep a secret is to tell your kids.
— Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023 -
And Mike Mullen and all those involved in the raid knew how to keep a secret.
— ABC News, 2 May 2021 -
Five decades ago, Kathy Aderhold was told to keep a secret.
— Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Jan. 2023 -
Dear Annie: My mother-in-law can’t keep a secret to save her life.
— Annie Lane, oregonlive, 30 June 2022 -
Shoot, a prospect’s ability to keep a secret should factor into the grade, too.
— Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023 -
Shoot, a prospect’s ability to keep a secret should factor into the grade, too.
— Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023 -
Marvel Studios knows how to keep a secret, but even the team that assembled the Avengers isn’t perfect.
— Jacob Siegal, BGR, 28 May 2021 -
Chase, the troublemaker, tries and fails to bribe his little brother Grayson to keep a secret with $100.
— Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023 -
Tell them that no one should ever ask them to keep a secret about touching from their parents or caregivers.
— Hana Khalyleh, The Enquirer, 15 Nov. 2022 -
Still, obstacles remain — not least because of questions about the U.S.’s own ability to keep a secret.
— Time, 5 Oct. 2023 -
What use could health care have for someone who makes things up, can’t keep a secret, doesn’t really know anything, and, when speaking, simply fills in the next word based on what’s come before?
— Darius Tahir, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023 -
What use could healthcare have for someone who makes things up, can’t keep a secret, doesn’t really know anything, and, when speaking, simply fills in the next word based on what’s come before?
— Darius Tahir | Kff Health News, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023 -
Sharpton: 'Nobody calls me to keep a secret' Sharpton, who had no editorial control of the film, has no problem with the title.
— Neal Justin, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023 -
Also, Higgins decides to keep a secret of her own after having a romantic dream about Magnum.
— Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2022 -
Sandberg clearly was surprised and emotional over the news, which his large family somehow managed to keep a secret.
— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2023 -
On Monday morning, Ramírez sent Vallecillo a series of text message asking her to keep a secret.
— Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 1 July 2022 -
But Samsung can’t keep a secret, and its own Unpacked website is leaking information.
— Chris Smith, BGR, 24 Jan. 2022 -
The accounting firm that tabulates votes for the Oscars — including for best actor — apparently is able to keep a secret.
— Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2021 -
Children learn to keep a secret about age 6 or 7, for example, and learning the requisite skills of deception is a part of typical development, the beginnings of a psychological identity.
— Benedict Carey New York Times, Star Tribune, 17 Sep. 2020
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