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adjective

taciturn

CEFR C2

reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little

In a sentence

Six example sentences with taciturn, each labelled with its topic.

  • The western's hero is taciturn to the point of comedy, answering four questions in two hours and dominating every scene.

    Movies

  • Their taciturn finance director answered analysts in single sentences, which the market read as either discipline or evasion.

    Business

  • Melville's Bartleby is famously taciturn, offering one short phrase in place of every explanation anyone asks of him.

    Literature

  • The taciturn coach gives postgame interviews of three sentences, and reporters have learned to count them as a good night.

    Basketball

  • Coolidge was so taciturn that when a dinner guest bet she could get three words out of him, he replied with only two.

    Politics

  • The taciturn chef communicates with nods and a raised eyebrow, and the whole kitchen has learned to read both.

    Cooking

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