How to Use secretive in a Sentence

secretive

adjective

• He's very secretive about his work.
• But that gave me license to still live in the shadows and to be secretive.
  — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2023
• That isn’t an effort to be secretive about starters, says the school spokesman.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2023
• The answer may be in some sauces that aren’t so secretive.
  — The Courier-Journal, 28 Mar. 2024
• The cover, a painting by Tim Troll, is of the strong and secretive Mary, loving and loved mother of the tribe.
  — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2023
• This is outback noir — oblique, secretive and as hard-boiled as the ground is hard-baked — and Sen wears it well.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
• The selection process has long been secretive, but opened up a bit in 2016.
  — Stephanie Fillion, CNN, 29 Sep. 2023
• But those customers had to be very secretive about the site and the deals that were promoted there.
  — Rendy Jones, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
• The world of plastic surgery in 1991, much more so than today, was secretive.
  — Patricia Tortolani, Allure, 3 Apr. 2024
• Thomas has been hosted by Crow, who is a member of the secretive club, and stayed at a lodge there called Midway.
  — Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 5 Oct. 2023
• The film follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events: selecting a new Pope.
  — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 18 July 2024
• According to Gerry, the Ghost Army’s work was so secretive that none of the men in the unit spoke about it to their friends and family.
  — Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2022
• Her investigation leads to some of the most secretive and ruthless men in the city.
  — Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
• Kotb has never been secretive about her love for Bush Hager, who has been by her side at Today for over four years.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 26 Nov. 2023
• Still, Fishkin and other experts feel Google is too secretive about how Search works.
  — Laura Bratton, Quartz, 31 May 2024
• Meghann Fahy, who earned a nod for her role as the sunny yet secretive Daphne Sullivan, was also a fan of the beloved floral trend.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2024
• The gambling world has long been even more secretive, and remains so, even as much of the action becomes legal.
  — Danny Funt, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2022
• Usually, the secretive, furry wild cats are pursued by large birds of prey and wolves.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
• Also in the film, Armendáriz has a secretive lover (Castillo) who is a fellow luchador and married to a woman.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2023
• The 18-year-old said that her father, who is of Mayan origin and speaks K’iche’, has been very secretive about her culture and history.
  — Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022
• Also some dudes just are so secretive about it, and that creates tension.
  — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2024
• Bortz reached out to the secretive Warholak, got a glimpse of what the junkyard held, and eventually acquired the cars, including the three at the Petersen.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2024
• But that could be because the justices are being more secretive around Dobbs, experts say.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2022
• The secretive campaign signals the lengths Israel was willing to go to sway American opinion on the war in Gaza.
  — Sheera Frenkel, New York Times, 5 June 2024
• That means anyone caught on its future site risks a trip straight to jail for trespassing, a threat that makes life on the west side quieter and far more secretive.
  — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2022
• This is just one day before the sun shifts and enters into Scorpio as well, making for a deep, passionate, and secretive end to the month.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2023
• For the past couple of years, a snippet of code on YouTube’s website revealed which channels are part of the secretive and exclusive club.
  — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2023
• Early on, however, Lukas bucked the norms of the often secretive and paranoid culture of the backstretch.
  — New York Times, 20 May 2022
• Gladstone has come to specialize in playing close-to-the-vest types, women who can be secretive and watchful but are hardly stoic or repressed.
  — Dana Stevens, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
• The Cobb County School District has hired a secretive company to monitor social media for threats without disclosing details about the costs of the deal to the public.
  — Axios Atlanta, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024