How to Use tight-lipped in a Sentence

tight-lipped

adjective

• Lee held her all-around gold medal up with a tight-lipped smile.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
• Of course, Peltz has been tight-lipped about his turnaround plans too.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
• Other than that, the people who know the beam best are tight-lipped on the subject.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
• The palace is traditionally tight-lipped about the health of the monarch.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2024
• The award-winning artist was tight-lipped about who her new partner is.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 24 Jan. 2024
• Since the film was announced, Netflix has been tight-lipped with details on the plot.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
• But the board members who were pushed out remained tight-lipped about their side of the story.
  — Harry Booth, TIME, 7 June 2024
• Michaels is famously tight-lipped about the program, and why not?
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
• But even as the talk-show host asked what fans can expect from the global trek, the Idol star remained tight-lipped.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2025
• As for where the season goes from there, the showrunners are remaining tight-lipped.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024
• But even the world’s most hyperbolic CEO stayed tight-lipped about what was in the pipeline.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 14 June 2024
• Fed chair Powell has remained tight-lipped on his thoughts about if, or when, rates may come down.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2023
• However, the pair have remained tight-lipped about the reboot since then.
  — Charna Flam, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
• Jean-Baptiste, her mouth set in a tight-lipped frown, her eyes ablaze with fear and loathing, soft-pedals nothing.
  — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
• Good noodlers are always on the hunt for new spots, and are very tight-lipped about their location to other noodlers.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 15 June 2023
• As in the past, Parker has practiced a tight-lipped diplomacy.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
• There is no speechifying here, thanks to our two tight-lipped female cops.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
• Both have been tight-lipped about what, if anything, is going on between them.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
• The team, however, remained tight-lipped over the reports.
  — Dan Cancian, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
• Its shiny grille, which also houses its charging port, smiles big whereas many EVs present a tight-lipped face to the world.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 6 June 2023
• Of course, nobody had a good handle on what the famously tight-lipped Orioles might do.
  — C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
• Those closest to Kelce and Swift have been pretty tight-lipped, giving the two privacy and the room to grow their romance at their own pace.
  — Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
• While some locals are excited to gossip about the church, others are much more tight-lipped.
  — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
• Since then, zoo officials have been tight-lipped about plans for welcoming back pandas, which were last at the zoo in 2019.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
• However, Sudeikis has kept notably tight-lipped on the topic.
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
• Over the years, Lopez has stayed pretty tight-lipped about her relationship with the Bad Boy Records founder and that harrowing night.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
• Even in the privacy of their own homes, Syrians remained tight-lipped.
  — Brittney Melton, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
• Officially, the Pakistani government has been tight-lipped about the strikes in Afghanistan on Dec. 24.
  — Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
• Chloe gets tight-lipped listening to these comparisons, and Hannah sort of hangs her head.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023
• Schumer had been tight-lipped about the position his caucus will take after Senate Democrats spent a couple of hours sparring over strategy Tuesday before the House voted to pass the measure.
  — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025