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
• 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
• 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
• Raisi’s reticence, along with his lack of charisma, had rendered the candidate all the more inscrutable.
  — Washington Post, 19 June 2021
• 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
• Despite her early reticence, Ms. Choi turned out to be a natural.
  — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 July 2024
• For him, even talking about the show, analyzing its secret sauce, is offered up with a certain gnomic reticence.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 June 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024