taciturn

Example Sentences

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Or does the taciturn Tommy know more than he’s telling?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Many of the AI country tunes tap into the genre's archetype of the lone cowboy: a rugged, taciturn, plain-spoken man who, above all, refuses to apologize for simply existing.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

And on another potentially tricky topic, the sacking of Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Trump was unusually taciturn.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

The performance is taciturn and nonverbal; he’s got a mouthpiece in Will Patton’s folksy narration, but what Edgerton is doing is worth leaning in for, complex and fascinating.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

As for Hester, she sat taciturn in the bow, her long ears flat against her skinny back and her eyes narrowed.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman