How to Use reticence in a Sentence

reticence

noun
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Synonyms for reticencenext
  • The $100 pay outweighed any reticence Dlin had about the job.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2023
  • DeRozan may be a monster on the court, but it’s cloaked in reticence.
    — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Bagel melts his reticence like a flame next to an ice cube.
    — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 11 June 2019
  • The reticence was all a part of the no-spoiler culture.
    — Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The reticence may have been because of the unusual terms of the sale.
    — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 1 Apr. 2020
  • And, in fairness to Kim, the reticence is not all down to Pyongyang.
    — Paula Hancocks, CNN, 28 Oct. 2022
  • And there were some signs of the GOP’s overall reticence to embrace Trump.
    — Jess Bidgood, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2023
  • This is a funny riff on the reticence and mistrust that's out there.
    — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2021
  • The drinks had warmed him, and the heat of Sichuanese peppercorns seemed to stir him from his usual reticence.
    — Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 17 June 2019
  • Where does the reticence to call yourself a critic come from?
    — Vulture, 8 Aug. 2023
  • That reticence may also be a function of the choice to be anonymous.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2019
  • There are still concerns about the reticence of customers to have their data in the hands of 3rd parties.
    — Annie Brown, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • McConnell's reticence on Trump is not a two-way street.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The United States, Israel's main ally, has shown greater reticence over the impact of the war in Gaza.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Snap isn’t alone in its reticence to release data on time spent in its app.
    — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Estela couldn’t understand François’ reticence and hopped on her bike and took off down the hill.
    — Jason Wilson, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2022
  • So this is a plea for reticence, or at least a greater recognition of its value.
    — Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 15 Nov. 2020
  • Gone is any reticence around the group’s existence or its name.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • And the cost of Romney’s reticence is being paid not just by the people back home in Utah, but by everyone who calls the West home.
    — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 15 June 2021
  • But, turns out the reason for the reticence has less to do with wishy-washy policy, and more to do with the Constitution.
    — Courtney Shea, refinery29.com, 1 Feb. 2021
  • That reticence is due, in part, to a fear of retribution.
    — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022
  • At Salem, the rage room initially sparked some reticence too.
    — Nicole Gull McElroy, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2021
  • This could be a symptom of the industry’s reticence to leave its comfort zone.
    — Les Borsai, SPIN, 26 June 2023
  • But that reticence may prove a recipe for long-run stagnation.
    — The Economist, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Interestingly, the Bulls aren't at the front of the line right now, and that's due to their reticence to deal second-year forward Patrick Williams.
    — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 25 Jan. 2022
  • There’s a reticence to give schools the money needed to do what everybody wants.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Next to the reigning crassness of our day, that sort of reticence has a seductive allure.
    — Doug Henwood, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
  • According to the party’s version of events (link in Chinese), reticence on the part of Chiang led to the breakdown of the talks and triggered the civil war.
    — Echo Huang, Quartz, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Despite her early reticence, Ms. Choi turned out to be a natural.
    — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 July 2024
  • Kauffman also expressed reticence over how to proceed with celebrating the series' 30th anniversary in the wake of such tragedy.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024

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