close-mouthed
Example Sentences
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McLellan offered little information on Arvidsson, true to the absurd tradition of being close-mouthed about injuries during the postseason.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2022
That close-mouthed courage, I can’t help feeling, was extraordinarily English.
From The Guardian • Sep. 21, 2015
The notoriously close-mouthed Woods won’t describe the exact nature of his back problem except to say he’s treating it with “protocols.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2014
Today’s Apple may be famously close-mouthed about unreleased products, but back then, it had to assure skeptical buyers that its just-born platform had a future.
From Time • Jan. 26, 2014
“Folks must be mighty close-mouthed where you come from.”
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
