How to Use tight-lipped in a Sentence

tight-lipped

adjective
  • Chopra Jonas is tight-lipped on both fronts.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Lee held her all-around gold medal up with a tight-lipped smile.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Both sides have remained tight-lipped.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Aug. 2025
  • For now, Google is staying tight-lipped about the project.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Apple has been tight-lipped about its plans for the event, as usual.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, Peltz has been tight-lipped about his turnaround plans too.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Both sides have been tight-lipped about their objectives with these talks.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The award-winning artist was tight-lipped about who her new partner is.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Franklin remained so tight-lipped that some wrote him off as a British spy.
    Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The drug companies were tight-lipped.
    Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The firm has remained tight-lipped about its plans for Red Bird.
    Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026
  • As for its starting clientele base, Katz was tight-lipped.
    Ari Stark, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
  • There is no speechifying here, thanks to our two tight-lipped female cops.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Michaels is famously tight-lipped about the program, and why not?
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Other than that, the people who know the beam best are tight-lipped on the subject.
    Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Sam was very tight-lipped about it until yesterday.
    David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026
  • Both have been tight-lipped about what, if anything, is going on between them.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The groom isn’t the only one who’s remained tight-lipped about wedding plans.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2025
  • But the board members who were pushed out remained tight-lipped about their side of the story.
    Harry Booth, TIME, 7 June 2024
  • Brinks was tight-lipped and would not say how the truck opened or whether the driver would be disciplined.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
  • His office has so far remained tight-lipped on how the governor may weigh in.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Fed chair Powell has remained tight-lipped on his thoughts about if, or when, rates may come down.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Mehta is tight-lipped on plot specifics but emphatic about its ambition.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Gorka has been tight-lipped about the contents of his strategy.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The palace is traditionally tight-lipped about the health of the monarch.
    Karla Adam, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2024
  • As for where the season goes from there, the showrunners are remaining tight-lipped.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024
  • However, the pair have remained tight-lipped about the reboot since then.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Since the film was announced, Netflix has been tight-lipped with details on the plot.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Everyone’s tight-lipped about who’s on it, but nobody seems out of the question.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Chase and Mase are even more tight-lipped when Layla picks them up at the airport.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026

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