tight-lipped
adjective
1
: having the lips closed tight (as in determination)
2
: reluctant to speak : taciturn
Synonyms
Examples of tight-lipped in a Sentence
the cabinet official is usually tight-lipped about her private life
Recent Examples on the Web
Both the Biden and Ruto administrations have been tight-lipped about how many of the 1,000 Kenyans police officers would be deployed in the initial phase.
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Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, is characteristically tight-lipped on its progress and challenges and declined to provide further comment on progress beyond NASA’s life-support press statement.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2024
Of course, nobody had a good handle on what the famously tight-lipped Orioles might do.
—C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
Those lawmakers had done their own freelance investigative work to reach that conclusion because the State Department has been outrageously tight-lipped about the situation.
—The Editors, National Review, 13 May 2024
However, Senate leaders has been tight-lipped about their precise plans.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2024
Both have been tight-lipped about what, if anything, is going on between them.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
For Del Rey's Coachella looks herself, Ortega was tight-lipped ahead of her performance.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
Other than that, the people who know the beam best are tight-lipped on the subject.
—Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, is characteristically tight-lipped on its progress and challenges and declined to provide further comment on progress beyond NASA’s life-support press statement.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2024
Of course, nobody had a good handle on what the famously tight-lipped Orioles might do.
—C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
Those lawmakers had done their own freelance investigative work to reach that conclusion because the State Department has been outrageously tight-lipped about the situation.
—The Editors, National Review, 13 May 2024
However, Senate leaders has been tight-lipped about their precise plans.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2024
Both have been tight-lipped about what, if anything, is going on between them.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
For Del Rey's Coachella looks herself, Ortega was tight-lipped ahead of her performance.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
Other than that, the people who know the beam best are tight-lipped on the subject.
—Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Tight-lipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tight-lipped. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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