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taciturn

[tas-i-turn] / ˈtæs ɪˌtɜrn /


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She is as warm and outgoing as he is taciturn and undemonstrative.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 2, 2026

In 1983, he slipped into the role of a taciturn Texas ranger waging war against an arms dealer in "Lone Wolf McQuade", which provided the template for the cult TV series "Walker, Texas Ranger".

From Barron's Mar. 20, 2026

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

Anyone who likes this kind of pulp knows these avenging angel characters are more or less the same: intense, taciturn, minimalist.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 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




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