Sentence examples for became reticent from inspiring English sources

Murray Handwerker became reticent when asked about the conflict with his brother, Mr. Handwerker said.

American sources say that in the latter years of the Bush administration, European agencies, worried that they might be caught up in America's abusive practices, became reticent about sharing intelligence.

For a while, Yeldham says he was being invited to some of the world's biggest festivals, but the booking slowly dried up as he became reticent to play to the role of the sadomasochistic musician.

My father would become reticent.

There have been anecdotal reports that researchers in other countries have become reticent to include U.K. colleagues in new grant proposals because they worry that such partnerships won't endure when the divorce becomes final.

Mr Gove added: "Teachers worry that if they assert a degree of discipline, one determined maverick pupil will say 'I know my rights' and so teachers become reticent about asserting themselves.

While Connell had expressed a willingness to testify about what he knew concerning the '04 election, and the election website network he had created for Ohio's then-Sec. of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, he had become reticent after Rove had sent threats to Connell and his wife, according to tipsters.

After his two interceptions in the victory over Florida State, teams became more reticent to challenge him.

But it has become more reticent about foreign entanglements after the misadventure in Iraq and its casualties in Afghanistan.

Catholic practices have apparently led the bishops to become more reticent in denouncing artificial birth control; perhaps a comparable prudence should now be exercised in the case of abortion.

Mr. Assange has come under renewed attack in the past two weeks for posting the first tranche of a trove of 250,000 secret State Department cables that have exposed American diplomats' frank assessments of relations with many countries, forcing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to express regret to world leaders and raising fears that they and other sources would become more reticent.