Sample Sentences fortaciturn (editor-reviewed)
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She is taciturn by nature, but people like her once they get to know her.taciturn = with a tendency to be reserved and not to talk
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She's a bit taciturn by nature, but before breakfast you'd think she is deaf and mute.
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You're moody and taciturn and secretive… (source)
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Only old Benjamin was much the same as ever, except for being a little grayer about the muzzle, and, since Boxer's death, more morose and taciturn than ever. (source)taciturn = quiet
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Max was puzzled by the goblin's taciturn mood. (source)taciturn = quiet (uncommunicative)
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As the date of their departure back to Hogwarts drew nearer, he became more and more prone to what Mrs. Weasley called 'fits of the sullens', in which he would become taciturn and grumpy, often withdrawing to Buckbeak's room for hours at a time. (source)taciturn = reserved and uncommunicative
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By far the greatest part of his work is careful observation and precise thinking. That is why mechanics sometimes seem so taciturn and withdrawn when performing tests. (source)taciturn = reserved and uncommunicative
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The youth, inexperience, and taciturnity of Alice Trask all turned out to be assets for Cyrus. (source)taciturnity = reserve and reticence (tendency not to communicate)
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"Baseball," Cesar responded, hoping to elicit a smile from the taciturn official. (source)taciturn = reserved and uncommunicative
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And the German, roused from his taciturnity, turned to Vronsky. (source)taciturnity = reserve and reticence (tendency not to communicate)
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They returned to their meals in the taciturn presence of Garrow. (source)taciturn = reserved and uncommunicative
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He recalled his mother's growing taciturnity (source)taciturnity = with a tendency to be reserved and not to talk
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...but when he left the village, for days or years at a time, nobody knew where he went or what he did, and when he returned he was more taciturn than ever and none dared ask. (source)taciturn = reserved and uncommunicative
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Nevertheless, Milly did not regard his taciturnity as unfavorable to her.† (source)
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Despite the compliment, I liked Odin better as a taciturn half-troll than as a motivational speaker.† (source)
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His mother's taciturnity was not without ominousness, but he appeared not to care.† (source)
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