reticence

Example Sentences

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But the solar industry now faces a reckoning from the loss of federal support, consumer reticence, and an increase in costs.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

Such baseless reticence only makes us more defiant and less inquisitive.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

As the play proceeds we observe that Mira’s emotional reticence may be an inherited trait.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Less puzzling is the reticence of our allies.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2026

All have been accused of crimes they speak of only with reticence, anxious about what traps might lurk within any question he puts to them.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr