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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Vanderpump has remained tight-lipped about the new cast, other than the show going back to its roots at SUR.
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Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
That's not surprising; the NRO tends to be pretty tight-lipped about its spacecraft and their activities.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 20 Apr. 2025
While Rubio has publicly touted efforts to revoke student visas, the State Department has been tight-lipped about individual decisions.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
It had been thought that the next release would be iOS 18.5, but things don’t always go to plan, hence this smaller update.
Apple is tight-lipped about the content here except for one specific: CarPlay.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
That's not surprising; the NRO tends to be pretty tight-lipped about its spacecraft and their activities.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 20 Apr. 2025
While Rubio has publicly touted efforts to revoke student visas, the State Department has been tight-lipped about individual decisions.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
It had been thought that the next release would be iOS 18.5, but things don’t always go to plan, hence this smaller update.
Apple is tight-lipped about the content here except for one specific: CarPlay.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Tight-lipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tight-lipped. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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