tight-lipped

Example Sentences

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US Vice-President JD Vance remained tight-lipped as he returned from Islamabad on Sunday without a major breakthrough in high-stakes talks to end the war in Iran.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

As they lined up to play South Korea in their first game of the tournament, a camera panned across the team, whose faces were drawn and tight-lipped.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

“My mother is a very tight-lipped person,” Jones says.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

The family is tight-lipped, the bakers even more so.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

They were old and weather-beaten local faces, lined and brown and composed harshly, tight-lipped, unforgiving, determined that he should do this thing.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols