close-mouthed

Example Sentences

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McLellan offered little information on Arvidsson, true to the absurd tradition of being close-mouthed about injuries during the postseason.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2022

That close-mouthed courage, I can’t help feeling, was extraordinarily English.

From The Guardian • Sep. 21, 2015

The notoriously close-mouthed Woods won’t describe the exact nature of his back problem except to say he’s treating it with “protocols.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2014

Today’s Apple may be famously close-mouthed about unreleased products, but back then, it had to assure skeptical buyers that its just-born platform had a future.

From Time • Jan. 26, 2014

For me, she gives a close-mouthed secretive smile, like she means for me to find her one day after school and ask her what it is she wants to tell me.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender