as in silent
tending not to speak frequently (as by habit or inclination)
the cabinet official is usually tight-lipped about her private life
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Recent Examples of tight-lipped
Daboll has been notoriously tight-lipped in news conferences during his four-year tenure.
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Dan Duggan, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Franklin remained so tight-lipped that some wrote him off as a British spy.
—Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
The groom isn’t the only one who’s remained tight-lipped about wedding plans.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2025
Nowadays, the entrepreneur and model is pretty tight-lipped about her love life, and hasn’t been linked with anyone since her breakup with Idris in November 2023 after a year of dating.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 17 Sep. 2025
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Dan Duggan, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Franklin remained so tight-lipped that some wrote him off as a British spy.
—Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
The groom isn’t the only one who’s remained tight-lipped about wedding plans.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2025
Nowadays, the entrepreneur and model is pretty tight-lipped about her love life, and hasn’t been linked with anyone since her breakup with Idris in November 2023 after a year of dating.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tight-lipped
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tight-lipped
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Later, when Doyle comes into some mysterious bags of cash, and heads toward the mainland with a bottle of booze, a boat, and one last chance to go out in a blaze of self-immolation, Farrell manages to mix dread and adrenaline into every silent expression.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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James Cook was kept relatively silent in this game with 87 yards on 17 carries.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Serve with reserved cranberry mixture, if desired.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
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Add the reserved chicken and remaining ½ cup broth.—
Bethany Thayer,
Freep.com,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And, in one of the dumbest and most obviously racist postr taken by a presidential candidate, at some point Republicans became fixated on the idea that Haitian migrants were stealing pets for food in the Midwest.—
Sal Rodriguez,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 2025
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After Johnson gave his answer to that resolutely dumb question, several other luminaries took a whack at the zeitgeist piñata.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In DaCosta’s hands, Ibsen’s emotionally extreme but tonally restrained play becomes a spectacular, flamboyant melodrama, with physical action as intense as the characters’ inner worlds.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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That would include gun-violence restraining orders and domestic violence protective orders, which are among several kinds of orders that compel a restrained person to surrender firearms.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Tight-lipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tight-lipped. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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