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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While officials remained tight-lipped during the lengthy investigation, internet sleuths and tabloids uncovered what appeared to be various connections between Burke and Rivas.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
Law enforcement authorities and officials in Lake Zurich Unit School District 95 have been tight-lipped over the situation at the high school, home of the Bears.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
As is typical of China, which tends to be tight-lipped about many specifics of its space plans, the nation has not divulged when exactly this flight will take place.
—Andrew Jones, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
All those involved in the Punisher TV event have largely remained tight-lipped over what the actual story specifics entail.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
Law enforcement authorities and officials in Lake Zurich Unit School District 95 have been tight-lipped over the situation at the high school, home of the Bears.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
As is typical of China, which tends to be tight-lipped about many specifics of its space plans, the nation has not divulged when exactly this flight will take place.
—Andrew Jones, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
All those involved in the Punisher TV event have largely remained tight-lipped over what the actual story specifics entail.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 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 26 Apr. 2026.
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