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

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