tight-lipped
adjective
1
: having the lips closed tight (as in determination)
2
: reluctant to speak : taciturn
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the cabinet official is usually tight-lipped about her private life
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Lawmakers are notoriously tight-lipped about their votes ahead of many Cabinet fights.
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
But one of the reasons their relationship timeline has been so hard to track is because the two have remained tight-lipped surrounding their private lives.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
The tight-lipped Kerkorian adamantly believed that silence about his business was the best policy.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
The typically tight-lipped Pats often found themselves in a puddle of word vomit, starting with Jerod Mayo cleaning up his first media mess last January.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
But one of the reasons their relationship timeline has been so hard to track is because the two have remained tight-lipped surrounding their private lives.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
The tight-lipped Kerkorian adamantly believed that silence about his business was the best policy.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
The typically tight-lipped Pats often found themselves in a puddle of word vomit, starting with Jerod Mayo cleaning up his first media mess last January.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for tight-lipped
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“Tight-lipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tight-lipped. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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