How to Use mum in a Sentence

mum

1 of 2 adjective

• I'd like to know how much they paid, but they've been mum on that subject.
• The agency has largely been mum about the Trump campaign's legal challenges.
  — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2021
• The Winning Time creators have been mum about what a second season of this series would cover.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2022
• Republicans have been mum about the vote’s timing, but Democrats aren’t waiting.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2023
• Though the air force has been mum about the space plane’s potential uses, experts speculate it could conceivably be used as a bomber.
  — Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2010
• Officials are mum about what was discussed with Lewis recently in Boston.
  — Samah Assad, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2023
• Lawmakers so far have been mum about any legislative fixes.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
• City officials confirmed a new clinic was set to open this year but wouldn’t say where, and some clinic operators stayed publicly mum about their plans.
  — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 June 2023
• Self, a freshman still waiting for the election of a speaker to be sworn in, had been publicly mum about his plans ahead of the voting Tuesday and ultimately opposed McCarthy.
  — Dallas News, 3 Jan. 2023
• Cincinnati’s front office has been completely mum about the negotiations as part of an agreement with Burrow’s camp to keep the details secret.
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 26 July 2023
• Ed Sheeran, who is relatively mum about his private life, is going behind-the-music in his new Disney+ docuseries, touching on subjects like grief, mental health, love and loss.
  — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2023
• Russian President Vladimir Putin has been noticeably mum about the conditions of Griner's detainment.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 18 Nov. 2022
• The phone carriers that operate the backbone of the wireless internet for smartphones have been mum about plans to modify data policies after the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
  — New York Times, 13 July 2022
• Meanwhile, most Democrats have been largely mum or deferential up to this point, allowing the likes of Khanna to be the lone voices against leadership who have relentlessly stood by Feinstein.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2023
• Beyond that game, the Coca-Cola company has been surprisingly mum inside of the billion-dollar gaming industry.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 30 Apr. 2022
• Advocates have been largely mum on whether private individuals, such as a family member or a teacher, should be targeted forhelping someone obtain the medicine.
  — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 8 Feb. 2023
• For their part, Disney executives, who have repeatedly emphasized the company’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, remain publicly mum about the troubles plaguing one of the company’s most valuable properties.
  — Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2023
• DeSantis has been uncharacteristically mum about the situation.
  — Maggie Angst, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2023
• I'd like to know how much they paid, but they've been mum on that subject.
• The agency has largely been mum about the Trump campaign's legal challenges.
  — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2021
• The Winning Time creators have been mum about what a second season of this series would cover.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2022
• Republicans have been mum about the vote’s timing, but Democrats aren’t waiting.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2023
• Though the air force has been mum about the space plane’s potential uses, experts speculate it could conceivably be used as a bomber.
  — Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2010
• Officials are mum about what was discussed with Lewis recently in Boston.
  — Samah Assad, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2023
• Lawmakers so far have been mum about any legislative fixes.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
• City officials confirmed a new clinic was set to open this year but wouldn’t say where, and some clinic operators stayed publicly mum about their plans.
  — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 June 2023
• Self, a freshman still waiting for the election of a speaker to be sworn in, had been publicly mum about his plans ahead of the voting Tuesday and ultimately opposed McCarthy.
  — Dallas News, 3 Jan. 2023
• Cincinnati’s front office has been completely mum about the negotiations as part of an agreement with Burrow’s camp to keep the details secret.
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 26 July 2023
• Ed Sheeran, who is relatively mum about his private life, is going behind-the-music in his new Disney+ docuseries, touching on subjects like grief, mental health, love and loss.
  — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2023
• Russian President Vladimir Putin has been noticeably mum about the conditions of Griner's detainment.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 18 Nov. 2022

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mum

2 of 2 noun

• In a good sign, both sides stayed mum about the status of the talks.
  — Laura Litvan, Bloomberg.com, 2 June 2023
• The illness that your poor mum died from is called Hellp.
  — Hazlitt, 8 Nov. 2023
• The film is mum about what those mistakes might have been.
  — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
• Only, his dad and mum (Jamie Bell and Claire Foy) have been dead for years.
  — Lisa Kennedy, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
• Just avoid those silly pot mums for sale in the grocery store.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2023
• Part of my job as a young man was to escape my mum’s control.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• All the while, the FBI said, the 8-year-old boy's legal guardians remained mum on his whereabouts.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023
• Then, use orange pumpkins and white mums to line the walkway to your home.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
• There’s something of my mum in them both, or vice versa.
  — Sophie Lewis, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
• In the decades since, mothers — along with moms, mamas and mums — have been mentioned 295 times.
  — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
• Fritz said his mum had been careful not to put too much pressure him.
  — Simon Cambers, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2024
• Fans of the Canadian team remained mum — the U.S. posted shutouts, 1-0 and 3-0.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2023
• The singer and soon-to-be mum of two showed off the new ’do in a recent campaign for Savage X Fenty.
  — Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 11 July 2023
• Fresh fall flowers, like mums, bring life to this display.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
• There was a cupboard where my mum kept all the winter blankets.
  — Simon Chilvers, Vogue, 14 June 2023
• My mum says each one reminds her of a different one of her friends.
  — Dennis Duncan, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022
• This year, red mums add to the colorful tableau, and pumpkins are perched even high above Young’s front door.
  — Jessica Contrera, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2023
• But the company has been mum on whether any of the tools are profitable when compared with the cost of running them.
  — Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
• In This Article Fall is a time to put out the pumpkins and mums, pull out the sweaters and thick socks, and go for long, leisurely hikes in the woods.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2023
• My dad was a heavy jazz person, and my mum was heavy on the old-school highlife and reggae music.
  — Nelson C.j., Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
• Every time a new film came out, my mum would take me and my sister to the cinema at the weekend.
  — Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2023
• My mum is a nurse and my family is Irish and from Dartford [in England].
  — Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 22 Nov. 2022
• For fall color, plant asters, crimson flags, dahlias, mums, and pansies in pots.
  — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
• Growing up, my mum would tell me to never leave the house without Vaseline.
  — Debra Edwards, Essence, 21 Mar. 2024
• Rumors of his recasting are swirling, but the studio is still mum.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 30 Mar. 2023
• Project Endgame was supposed to be available sometime last year, but the chip maker has been mum on the cloud service’s fate.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 20 July 2023
• When the school suggested their blender was the culprit, Dave and his roommates agreed, keeping mum about the candle.
  — Ilana Frost, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
• The mums used hundreds of feet of ribbon, and the class had to scavenge for a piece of cardboard big enough to be the backing for the mums, senior Neely Smith told NewsWest 9.
  — Sasha Richie, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
• The phone ships with Android 13, but the company was mum on software support.
  — Dave Leclair, PCMAG, 4 Apr. 2023
• Plant fall flowers such as mums, asters, and pansies to provide pops of color until the first hard freeze.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 23 June 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024