The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary.
1 The loquacity of the Netherlanders was a continual reproach upon his taciturnity .
2 DuQuesne studied the metal, and was shaken out of his habitual taciturnity .
3 That's how Bennett succeeds in conveying the tenderness beneath his characters' taciturnity .
4 But the old man on his return maintained his taciturnity and self-composure.
5 If the priest perceived these new signs of taciturnity , he ignored them.
6 Did you notice my unusual taciturnity between the fish and the joint?
7 The vast crowd gathered there was quiet to the point of taciturnity .
8 Dominic, too, devoted himself to his business, but his taciturnity was sardonic.
9 Thence ensue taciturnity and immobility of the outward members; and sometimes even death.
10 Behind the taciturnity of the masters the servants hovered without noise.
11 This taciturnity is astonishing toward the work of the men at the front.
12 His eloquence fell powerless upon the iron taciturnity of the Stadholder.
13 Hence my acquittal and my feeling that taciturnity is the mother of safety.
14 Objection 1: It would seem that anger does not cause taciturnity .
15 This taciturnity in a man whose appearance was so imposing was strangely significant.
16 Stephen Dartrey for the first few minutes certainly justified his reputation for taciturnity .
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