How to Use man/woman of few words in a Sentence

man/woman of few words

noun phrase

• After the fight, Dubois, a man of few words, spoke about his win.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
• Sister Agnes is a woman of few words, but she’s seen and heard some things in her day.
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024
• Many said that the romantic language sounded off for the man of few words.
  — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
• Still soft-spoken, still a man of few words, Akok’s ready to reclaim dreams delayed, not denied.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 21 July 2021
• Ray, a man of few words, said this week that there was nothing in particular that drew him to Campo.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2024
• In The Bikeriders, Benny is a man of few words who prefers to speak with his fists.
  — Shannon Carlin, TIME, 21 June 2024
• On screen, Cole's character, Rip Wheeler, tends to be a man of few words.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 27 Aug. 2022
• Emma Carroll was a woman of few words but those who met her were captivated by her warm smile.
  — Latrice Williams, ajc, 24 Apr. 2022
• Hicks, a man of few words, got emotional during the ceremony.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
• Bobbett was the supervisor in charge, a man of few words who seemingly could fix anything, friends said.
  — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2021
• Without feelings, Hemingway is a big-game hunter who’s a bit dumb about politics, a man of few words.
  — Elaine Blair, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2021
• Dad was a man of few words who managed to tell great stories that connected the pursuit of rainbow trout or northern pike with life lessons.
  — WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
• Forging an identity In his time at Tottenham, Nuno was a man of few words.
  — Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
• Master, a man of few words with a mysterious scar on his face, is like their conscience and a confidant, helping make sense of the world.
  — Joe Ray, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
• Stacey also revealed in the comments that Peter was a man of few words but had bought her a bag so that the raw almonds were no longer loose in her purse.
  — Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
• Burrow was a man of few words at the podium when discussing the 23-20 overtime loss to Pittsburgh.
  — Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2022
• Fez was a man of few words, and the actor’s performance had a consistent stillness to it; his limpid, gentle gaze often did the talking for him.
  — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2023
• For a generation of kids from Beverly Hills, that spot was a simple diner run by a humble man of few words at a grill.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
• Nicholas Behymer, the king at Autumn Leaves of Eastgate, is a man of few words, usually just two.
  — Daniela Franco Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 24 June 2022
• Through conversations with Minessale’s mother, Michelle, Tauer knows that the young man of few words once was a boy of few words.
  — Dean Spiros, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025
• Delon’s somber, statuesque performance as a man of few words received critical praise, and the role remains one of the most memorable of his career.
  — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2024
• Sharing his story to 'pay it forward' Jake Freeman, 34, is a man of few words but hasn’t shied away from discussing his experience.
  — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 16 June 2024
• Molloy is accompanied by Kieran McCarthy, a building engineer and man of few words who likes to point out damp patches on the walls.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• Outside of his poetic lyrics about the human condition, Springsteen — a 20-time Grammy-winner — has been a man of few words.
  — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
• Unlike Sebastian Blanco, his fellow Argentine, friend and mentor, the 20-year-old is a man of few words.
  — oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2022
• Each relocation brought disruptions and challenges for JT Taggart, who’s admittedly a man of few words.
  — Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2024
• Though Jainchill remembers Luke as a man of few words, Jainchill said Luke’s energy always made an impact on their friends and teammates.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2024
• Pepper is a former associate of Carney’s father, a stoic man of few words and fewer scruples who laments the changing nature of Harlem’s criminal class.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
• While Laperriere is a man of few words, Nicholas Aiello, a 24-year-old Detroit native, took a far more brash approach to pregame festivities.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2024
• There’s also a handful of the mag’s excellent regular columns and some afterwords, along with a lengthy history of the magazine itself (Robbins has never been a man of few words).
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 Mar. 2024