closemouthed

Example Sentences

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The Nationals named Mr. Lerner’s son, Mark, managing principal owner in 2018, but the elder Mr. Lerner remained the unquestioned, if closemouthed, patriarch in control of the team’s purse strings.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2023

Scott, famously closemouthed about her philanthropy choices, has not explained why she singled out those affiliates or landed on Communities In Schools for her largesse, said the nonprofit’s Washington director, Erin McCallum.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2022

Perhaps that seems right for a first-person narrative, but Stamm remains just as closemouthed across all his work.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2021

The effect is offset by Rudolph’s cautious, closemouthed smile, which rests on her face as easily as powder on a puff.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2018

The closemouthed Scottish scientist never mentioned the incident.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong