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 both sides keep tight-lipped about losses, Zelensky is accusing Moscow of hiding the scale of losses from the Russian public for fear of undermining any future mobilization.
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
But when Cadence refuses to oblige Harris, the patriarch remains tight-lipped to maintain the family’s shiny reputation, in true Sinclair fashion.
—Alyssa Davis, People.com, 19 June 2025
Read, who has often talked to the media during the trial, was tight-lipped when court took its lunch break following the jury’s first question.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 18 June 2025
Lawmakers leaving the roughly hourlong briefing were largely tight-lipped about what sort of recommendations were made in the room.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 17 June 2025
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
But when Cadence refuses to oblige Harris, the patriarch remains tight-lipped to maintain the family’s shiny reputation, in true Sinclair fashion.
—Alyssa Davis, People.com, 19 June 2025
Read, who has often talked to the media during the trial, was tight-lipped when court took its lunch break following the jury’s first question.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 18 June 2025
Lawmakers leaving the roughly hourlong briefing were largely tight-lipped about what sort of recommendations were made in the room.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 17 June 2025
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 30 Jun. 2025.
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