How to Use reticence in a Sentence

reticence

noun

• 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
• The reticence was all a part of the no-spoiler culture.
  — Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2021
• 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
• Where does the reticence to call yourself a critic come from?
  — Vulture, 8 Aug. 2023
• 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
• Gone is any reticence around the group’s existence or its name.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
• 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
• 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
• All of them will explain these votes and any further reticence on climate spending in the coming weeks.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021
• Those with more at risk, however, showed far more reticence.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2022
• But not all of this year’s incumbents are showing such reticence.
  — John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2022
• We as adults needed to reconcile ourselves to a measure of distance and reticence, of not-knowing and not-telling.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2023
• As her fame grew, so did McLaughlin-Levrone’s reticence to share her thoughts outside of a small circle of family and friends.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022
• The reticence to take this issue head-on is mystifying.
  — David Faris, The Week, 3 Nov. 2021
• From the outside, Kaluuya’s public image appears to be one of reticence.
  — Gerrick Kennedy, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 July 2022
• Around the tech world, some once high-flying unicorns have begun to defrost their reticence with disclosing down rounds.
  — Kenrick Cai, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
• His earlier reticence may have left many of his countrymen unprepared for the agony that was about to unfold.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 28 Feb. 2022
• His long years of reticence about attaching his solo career to her train came from a reflective stance.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2021
• No question, and that, almost as much as Nagy’s reticence to publicly anoint Fields, created more public angst.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 11 Oct. 2021
• From the start, our mistake has been our strange reticence to recognize the reality of mild or symptomless Covid.
  — WSJ, 20 Aug. 2021
• Tourist reticence in the wake of a disaster is understandable.
  — Feride Yalav-Heckeroth, CNN, 18 Mar. 2023
• Sweden and Finland, two countries close to Russia, are moving forward with joining the alliance, ending 73 years of reticence to sign on to the joint defense pact.
  — Brian Bennett, Time, 5 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024