taciturn
Example Sentences
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She is as warm and outgoing as he is taciturn and undemonstrative.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
The taciturn Julie is quick to note how different their circumstances are, but Emily gives her some hard-earned wisdom in return.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
The new bridge, constructed with Turkish assistance, was recently completed under the watchful eye of a professional, if taciturn, Ugandan army unit.
From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025
And on another potentially tricky topic, the sacking of Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Trump was unusually taciturn.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025
Finally he reached the place where Melquíades used to set up his tent and he found a taciturn Armenian who in Spanish was hawking a syrup to make oneself invisible.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing taciturn
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Animal Farm
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Grade 10, List 3
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