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The phrase "a very private man" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe someone who values their privacy and tends to keep personal matters to themselves.
Example: "Despite his fame, he remains a very private man, rarely sharing details about his personal life with the public."
Alternatives: "a highly reserved individual" or "a deeply secretive person."
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He was a very private man".
Britten was a very private man.
He just was a very private man.
We know he was a very private man, and maybe inside he had cracked.
But Mr Brin, usually a very private man, opened with an uncharacteristically personal story.
Mr. Mc-Kinney Moeller, known as M.M.M. to his staff, was a very private man.
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Afterwards, he became a quiet and rigid and very private man.
Ms Hodson described Mr Smith as very private man who loved to play bowls.
Even though it's very close to Jodrell Bank radio telescope, the Hall (whose name derives from the local pronunciation of "the old") is, to the delight of this very private man, almost impossible to find.
One of the paradoxes of the Dior phenomenon, well described by his biographer, was that this mild-mannered, very private man attracted notice more skillfully than the most aggressive publicity hound.
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