as in silent
tending not to speak frequently (as by habit or inclination)
the cabinet official is usually tight-lipped about her private life
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Recent Examples of tight-lipped
Senators were tight-lipped about whether Ingrassia could pass the Government Affairs Committee, which is controlled 8-7 by Republicans.
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David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 24 July 2025
But this week awaits answers as Wyndham Clark remains tight-lipped.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
Meanwhile, Coke was tight-lipped on whether the decision had been fully agreed to.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 17 July 2025
But in the winter of 2022, the Moscow PD remained tight-lipped, even to their friends over in Pullman, fearful that the smallest leak could jeopardize the investigation — which appeared to be going nowhere.
—Vicky Ward, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for tight-lipped
David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 24 July 2025
But this week awaits answers as Wyndham Clark remains tight-lipped.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
Meanwhile, Coke was tight-lipped on whether the decision had been fully agreed to.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 17 July 2025
But in the winter of 2022, the Moscow PD remained tight-lipped, even to their friends over in Pullman, fearful that the smallest leak could jeopardize the investigation — which appeared to be going nowhere.
—Vicky Ward, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tight-lipped
Adjective
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But being silent and withdrawn is certainly not helpful either.—
Carolyn Rosenblatt,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The out-loud goal is to make the playoffs, but the silent aspiration now is to simply avoid another losing season.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Greyhound assigned seating and conflict There’s not widespread awareness of the policy, and some passengers meet with resistance from others who have settled into reserved seats not assigned to them and are reluctant to give them up.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
5 Aug. 2025
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The school will provided ticketed reserved sections for football and basketball.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.—
Daniel Jackson,
Allure,
18 July 2017
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Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.—
Andy Benoit,
The MMQB,
10 July 2017
Adjective
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But the whisky never strays too far from its wood-spiced core, with restrained elements of aspen, pine, birch, and cedar wood.—
David Thomas Tao,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Those gaudy, ridiculous 19th-century renovations lasted about 20 years, after which Theodore Roosevelt tore them out in favor of the restrained work of McKim, Mead & White, which laid the visual foundation for the rooms’ appearance today.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Tight-lipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tight-lipped. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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