reticent

Example Sentences

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However, it could be much more reticent about prospects for future rate cuts given high energy prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The staunch Republican was less reticent about his political persuasions and was a guest at President George W Bush's inauguration in 2001.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

BCA’s Marko Papic isn’t reticent with his opinions and rarely sits on the fence.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 13, 2026

Fleischaker said it would be difficult to increase deportations, even with Border Patrol leaders at the helm, because of the complexities around securing travel documents and negotiating with countries that are reticent to accept deportees.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

It was a chance for the reticent Ulbrickson to relax, to open up and confide in the Englishman, to joke about shell house events, to smoke a cigarette out of sight of the boys.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown