tight-lipped
adjective
1
: having the lips closed tight (as in determination)
2
: reluctant to speak : taciturn
Examples of tight-lipped in a Sentence
the cabinet official is usually tight-lipped about her private life
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Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
Chase and Mase are even more tight-lipped when Layla picks them up at the airport.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
While the cast and crew played coy, and Netflix remained tight-lipped on most updates, too much info came out in the press for this to not happen.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
Mehta is tight-lipped on plot specifics but emphatic about its ambition.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for tight-lipped
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“Tight-lipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tight-lipped. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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