How to Use mum in a Sentence

mum

1 of 3 adjective
  • I'd like to know how much they paid, but they've been mum on that subject.
  • Some say yes, most say no, Honda is mum.
    — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Havana had been mum on talks with Rubio.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The family has been largely mum in the weeks since her death.
    — Theresa Braine, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Tyne, however, was mum about the details of the gift.
    — Erin Clack, People.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Carter, meanwhile, was also mum on the benching.
    — Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
  • As for interior, the yard was mum on those details for now, at least.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The company had been mum until now whether those funds would back its newer deal.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The White House had been mum on details ahead of Wednesday's event.
    — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Universities have largely been mum about the change.
    — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Most other lawmakers were mum about specifics from their meetings with Vance.
    — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Jets coach Aaron Glenn is being mum about which starters will sit on Friday night.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The Lions have been mum about a knee injury that forced him to miss 11 games last season.
    — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • While Patrick seems confident in his sources, the mayor's office remains mum.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Republicans have been mum about the vote’s timing, but Democrats aren’t waiting.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The team was largely mum on the details of the running back's recovery throughout the season.
    — Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The track arrived with little warning, and the band has been mum about whether this is a standalone cut or the beginning of a new chapter.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The Winning Time creators have been mum about what a second season of this series would cover.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2022
  • 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
  • While the board passed the budget on June 22, the mayor has been mum as to his political future.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2026
  • Carriers are notoriously mum about why their networks go down.
    — Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Officials are mum about what was discussed with Lewis recently in Boston.
    — Samah Assad, CBS News, 30 Jan. 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
  • Still, Thompson was mum about the relationship at Mavs media day earlier this month.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But state Health officials have been mum on the petting zoo and any possible contamination through a pig.
    — Robert Anglen, AZCentral.com, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Dhillon’s allies and former colleagues back in California, meanwhile, aren’t so mum.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026
  • However, now, when workers are being targeted, those business and industry groups are mum.
    — Ellen Watters, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The company was mum about its existing Denver real estate.
    — Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2025
  • So far, regulators have been mum on whether any enforcement action has been taken after the lapse in hazardous waste protocols.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
  • Claudia Jessie, who plays Eloise, remained mum about whether or not Season 5 could be Eloise’s love story.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2026

mum

2 of 3 verb
  • So did mum and dad politely decline to go or were they not invited?
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Tonga mum on free agency The Patriots’ list of impending free agents is a short one.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Smith stays largely mum on the news of the day, be that Kirk’s killing, or ICE raids, or whatever hells await in the coming weeks.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Like a medieval castle, where lords slept, blacksmiths pounded, soldiers trained, mummers mummed, and farmers sold their produce, the 21st century armory will be a mixed-use project in the truest sense.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Despite the space agency staying relatively mum about the finer details of its plan, a former senior NASA official, speaking anonymously, believes there’s reason for optimism.
    — David W. Brown, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2026
  • There’d been a sense of foreboding since the French media giant completed its $2 billion takeover of South African pay-TV company MultiChoice last year, with the company mum on its post-merger plans and suspicion rampant that cost-cutting measures were in the cards.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 7 Mar. 2026

mum

3 of 3 noun
  • There’s my mum on the house phone.
    — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Your mums and dads would be so proud of you.
    — Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Thank you @gerardsulter for putting a smile on my mum’s face too!
    — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Thank you @gerardsulter for putting a smile on my mum’s face too!
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Aphids can be a big problem for mums.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
  • My mum could barely get through it.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The years never took their toll on my mum.
    — Literary Hub, 30 Mar. 2026
  • My mum knew something that no one else knew.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Food, pumpkins and mums are for sale.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • My sister was there, my mum and my dad were there.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Fill in any gaps with faux or dried mums and grasses.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
  • This time of year, its lot is filled with mums and pumpkins.
    — Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The best way to tell whether mums need water is to feel the soil.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In a good sign, both sides stayed mum about the status of the talks.
    — Laura Litvan, Bloomberg.com, 2 June 2023
  • These mums are putting their own lives at risk for the sake of the baby.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 14 Feb. 2026
  • But Nick didn’t mind — and neither did mum and dad.
    — Grace Raynor, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • That’s where my mum and her sisters were raised, and my gran still lives there.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Dig a hole the same depth as the mum and about 1 ½ times wider than the root ball.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Fill in the gaps with textured baskets of mums.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • My mum always used to say, ‘Don’t wait to be told.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Just avoid those silly pot mums for sale in the grocery store.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2023
  • As a result, your mums wilt, their leaves turn crispy, and the buds don’t open.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Six-year-old Beney, and her mum, were entranced.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Mulch around your mum to help retain moisture.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Part of my job as a young man was to escape my mum’s control.
    — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Fritz said his mum had been careful not to put too much pressure him.
    — Simon Cambers, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Plant taller flowers north of your mums to prevent too much shade.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
  • My mum is a Brit; my dad is a Kiwi.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Plant the mum in the hole and backfill with soil, then water well.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
  • These mums lack stolons and have large, showy blooms and little foliage.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025

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