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
As for what to expect during the show itself, everyone is predictably tight-lipped.
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Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2025
The governor and his representatives were tight-lipped about that possibility last week — as were Democratic leaders of the state Senate and Assembly.
—Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
Hynes was tight-lipped about the penalty, and most other things, following the lopsided loss, which snapped a three-game Minnesota winning streak.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2025
Several Bay Area Democratic lawmakers were also tight-lipped about the possibility of a last-minute amendment and declined to comment.
—Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
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Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2025
The governor and his representatives were tight-lipped about that possibility last week — as were Democratic leaders of the state Senate and Assembly.
—Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
Hynes was tight-lipped about the penalty, and most other things, following the lopsided loss, which snapped a three-game Minnesota winning streak.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2025
Several Bay Area Democratic lawmakers were also tight-lipped about the possibility of a last-minute amendment and declined to comment.
—Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for tight-lipped
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tight-lipped
Adjective
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And university leaders fearing government investigations, funding cuts, or punitive endowment taxes crack down on campus protest, remove or demote outspoken professors, and remain silent in the face of growing authoritarianism.—
STEVEN LEVITSKY,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
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The story ends up focusing not on the man who could not remain silent, but on a man who held his tongue.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Bam Adebayo said there’s more to come for the reserved, respectful Stockholm, Sweden, native.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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Pricing was not yet announced but playoff seating has already sold for several hundred dollars per seat in the reserved sections.—
Carolyn Giardina,
Variety,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Zhang films the turbulent yet nuanced action in dry, restrained tableaux of an elusive lyricism, a poetry that, to match Beibei’s relentless pursuits, remains just out of reach.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2025
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Some folks might overstate the likely influence of those who call for a more restrained U.S. approach to the world within a second Trump administration, the scholars wrote in the opinion piece.—
Cory Smith,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Jan. 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
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“Tight-lipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tight-lipped. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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