How to Use tight-lipped in a Sentence

tight-lipped

adjective
  • Lee held her all-around gold medal up with a tight-lipped smile.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Of course, Peltz has been tight-lipped about his turnaround plans too.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Other than that, the people who know the beam best are tight-lipped on the subject.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The palace is traditionally tight-lipped about the health of the monarch.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The award-winning artist was tight-lipped about who her new partner is.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Since the film was announced, Netflix has been tight-lipped with details on the plot.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
  • But the board members who were pushed out remained tight-lipped about their side of the story.
    — Harry Booth, TIME, 7 June 2024
  • Brinks was tight-lipped and would not say how the truck opened or whether the driver would be disciplined.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Michaels is famously tight-lipped about the program, and why not?
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The Russos have remained tight-lipped about the plots of both Doomsday and Secret Wars.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
  • But even as the talk-show host asked what fans can expect from the global trek, the Idol star remained tight-lipped.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Both sides have been tight-lipped about their objectives with these talks.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2025
  • As for where the season goes from there, the showrunners are remaining tight-lipped.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024
  • But even the world’s most hyperbolic CEO stayed tight-lipped about what was in the pipeline.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 14 June 2024
  • Fed chair Powell has remained tight-lipped on his thoughts about if, or when, rates may come down.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2023
  • However, the pair have remained tight-lipped about the reboot since then.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Jean-Baptiste, her mouth set in a tight-lipped frown, her eyes ablaze with fear and loathing, soft-pedals nothing.
    — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Good noodlers are always on the hunt for new spots, and are very tight-lipped about their location to other noodlers.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 15 June 2023
  • As in the past, Parker has practiced a tight-lipped diplomacy.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • There is no speechifying here, thanks to our two tight-lipped female cops.
    — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Both have been tight-lipped about what, if anything, is going on between them.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Both camps are quite tight-lipped about the record attempts and won’t disclose details on their strategies.
    — Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 9 May 2025
  • The team, however, remained tight-lipped over the reports.
    — Dan Cancian, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Vanderpump has remained tight-lipped about the new cast, other than the show going back to its roots at SUR.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Its shiny grille, which also houses its charging port, smiles big whereas many EVs present a tight-lipped face to the world.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 6 June 2023
  • Of course, nobody had a good handle on what the famously tight-lipped Orioles might do.
    — C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Those closest to Kelce and Swift have been pretty tight-lipped, giving the two privacy and the room to grow their romance at their own pace.
    — Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
  • While some locals are excited to gossip about the church, others are much more tight-lipped.
    — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Since then, zoo officials have been tight-lipped about plans for welcoming back pandas, which were last at the zoo in 2019.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
  • However, Bravo remains tight-lipped on the lineup, and no cast members have been confirmed.
    — Kate Nalepinski, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025

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