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taciturn

[tas-i-turn] / ˈtæs ɪˌtɜrn /


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Woodall turns in a star-making performance as this tortured, taciturn character who doesn’t talk much, though his tattoos say a lot.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

She is as warm and outgoing as he is taciturn and undemonstrative.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 2, 2026

In 1983, he slipped into the role of a taciturn Texas ranger waging war against an arms dealer in "Lone Wolf McQuade", which provided the template for the cult TV series "Walker, Texas Ranger".

From Barron's Mar. 20, 2026

Curry was extraordinarily good on the pitch and spectacularly taciturn in the aftermath.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2025

Samuel Walter McCandless, Jr., fifty-six years old, is a bearded, taciturn man with longish salt-and-pepper hair combed straight back from a high forehead.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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