taciturn

[US]/ˈtæsɪtɜːn/

[UK]/ˈtæsɪtɜːrn/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. habitually reserved and uncommunicative

Why do the aged tend to be taciturn?

he is a reserved, almost taciturn man.

The ant is the most industrious animal; however, it is the most taciturn one.

But these men were a taciturn lot, picking their words carefully.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Mr. Fogg was as calm and taciturn as ever.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

Young Jefferson Hope rode on with his companions, gloomy and taciturn.

Source: A Study in Scarlet by Sherlock Holmes

He'd always been taciturn, but this was something quite different.

Source: A man named Ove decides to die.

He was no different from the other mountain boys, lean and taciturn, hard to talk to.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 3

The merchant, sitting opposite them, was taciturn.

Source: Kreutzer Sonata

Julien was taciturn, and not unduly upset.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Three)

He was what we might describe as a " taciturn" boy.

Source: 2015 English Cafe

In a taciturn way she was happy to see Muriel.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)

" I have a cab at the door, " said our taciturn companion.

Source: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: New Cases (Part Two)

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