taciturn

Example Sentences

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The new bridge, constructed with Turkish assistance, was recently completed under the watchful eye of a professional, if taciturn, Ugandan army unit.

From Barron's

The performance is taciturn and nonverbal; he’s got a mouthpiece in Will Patton’s folksy narration, but what Edgerton is doing is worth leaning in for, complex and fascinating.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC

Anyone who likes this kind of pulp knows these avenging angel characters are more or less the same: intense, taciturn, minimalist.

From Los Angeles Times

In a mountainous village of post-war Italy, a taciturn Sicilian soldier hides out after deserting the army.

From BBC