How to Use lipped in a Sentence

lipped

adjective
  • The city is keeping tight-lipped about the project for now.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2022
  • On the walls and in the eaves are new nests—open-lipped bulbs of mud drying in the sun.
    Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2021
  • The world of celebrity beauty used to be more tight-lipped.
    Rachel Nussbaum, PEOPLE.com, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Well, not all things, but tight-lipped about some of the things that I was being told.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2022
  • So far, Blue Origin has been tight-lipped as to the price of a ticket.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2021
  • What’s the point of the court being so tight-lipped about its decisions?
    Stefanie Lindquist, The Conversation, 23 June 2022
  • At the airport, the gate agents were tight-lipped about the situation.
    Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Gomez, who's been tight-lipped about the show, raved to Variety about her co-stars.
    Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 29 July 2021
  • Cupp was tight-lipped about any of these key issues, saying the process still has to play out.
    Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Those involved were tight-lipped about the actual contents of the show.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Of course, Krasinski has been tight-lipped on this as well.
    Justine Browning, EW.com, 27 July 2022
  • The writers are understandably tight-lipped about the plot.
    CNN, 7 Oct. 2022
  • In the final shot, Murray gives the camera a close-lipped grin that would make the Joker and the Cheshire Cat demur.
    Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2022
  • His response marked the third time this week a Dolphins coach was tight-lipped about Jackson’s role.
    David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2022
  • And while the group is tight-lipped about what to expect exactly, BoA already has some ideas.
    Nolan Feeney, Billboard, 25 Feb. 2022
  • All kidding aside, being tight-lipped worked a year ago for Tucker.
    Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Odenkirk remains tight-lipped about the final season, careful not to say too much.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Turgeon was tight-lipped about a timetable for Graham’s return.
    Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 13 Nov. 2021
  • McKnight is tight-lipped about the film itself, which hits theaters in July 2023.
    Byemma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Kripke was predictably tight-lipped about the circumstances, as was the sequence’s star Fukuhara, who plays Kimiko.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 12 Mar. 2022
  • The new attorneys for the officers were likewise tight-lipped.
    Karl Vick, Time, 7 Oct. 2021
  • It will likely be sold at a later date, but the network has kept tight-lipped on what it will be used for until then.
    Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Until now, no formal charges have been filed, and police remained tight-lipped about key details of the case.
    Anchorage Daily News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Stitt has been tight-lipped about the case, but has met with Jones’ attorneys and Howell’s family.
    NBC News, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Caucus leadership has remained tight-lipped for the most part.
    Emily Caldwell, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2021
  • For a family known for keeping tight-lipped public personas, much of the debate fell to their clothes.
    WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
  • When pressed about other performers joining the project, Manville kept tight-lipped.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 10 Jan. 2022
  • But much of the logistics remain in the works, and companies were tight-lipped about their plans to roll those offerings out in the coming months.
    Kristine Gill, Fortune, 4 June 2022
  • Speaking of money, Rolls-Royce is tight-lipped on what its Boat Tail commissions cost.
    Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 26 May 2022
  • In the meantime, both of them, and Patricia, continue to be tight-lipped about who will hold the reins of the new offense in next week’s season opener.
    Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 29 Aug. 2022

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