tight-lipped

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Examples of tight-lipped

  • A somewhat clinical, earnest, tight-lipped, almost embarrassed, tone often characterizes their discourse on this topic.

  • I am afraid that privatisation has made the water industry even more tight-lipped about giving the public information.

  • However, he was tight-lipped about much of his early work.

  • He hinted at something big taking place in the future, but has since remained tight-lipped regarding the news.

  • She remains tight-lipped and won't even tell them her name.

  • One minute joking and talkative, the next tight-lipped and silent.

  • He is said to have no expressions other than a grim, tight-lipped look of domineering authority.

  • He was later recalled as handsome and confident, but criticised for appearing tight-lipped and clenched and providing long and convoluted answers to questions.

  • Over the next 14 years of development they established a tight-lipped culture, revealing little, if anything, between releases.

  • He is often tight-lipped when the subject of fomicry comes up.

  • It was thought that the willie wagtail could steal a person's secrets while lingering around camps eavesdropping, so women would be tight-lipped in the presence of the willie wagtail.

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