taciturnity

Example Sentences

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Wilder’s taciturnity won’t affect some fans’ excitement for the conclusion to one of the most entertaining trilogies in recent heavyweight boxing history.

From Seattle Times

The same Catholic conviction could explain Mr Fillon's famous taciturnity, a refusal to be ruffled, that can come across as either old-world courtesy or a cold reluctance to engage.

From BBC

He has a lifelong habit of collecting garrulous friends and yet a tendency to induce some measure of taciturnity in all but the most voluble of them.

From The New Yorker

In the world down below, in that New England I’d left behind, where tam o’ shanter taciturnity ruled the day, this sort of demonstrative celebration might have been regarded as alien and untoward.

From The New Yorker

Justice Thomas has offered shifting reasons for his general taciturnity.

From New York Times