secretive

Example Sentences

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With a secretive smile, he asks, “Busy tomorrow?”

From Literature

Unable to run tours into North Korea, he has been offering trips through border areas so customers can catch glimpses into the secretive state from a distance.

From Barron's

Slovenian officials blame the secretive Israeli firm Black Cube for trying to manipulate Sunday’s vote in Slovenia.

From The Wall Street Journal

They are held in a network of prisons, including the notorious Evin, as well as secretive detention centers within security and intelligence complexes.

From The Wall Street Journal

There’s a more or less journalistic documentary about the secretive operations of the Church of Scientology, which sometimes deconstructs itself into a movie about the failed attempt to make such a documentary.

From Salon