Sentence examples for if reticent from inspiring English sources

THE STAFF Competent, if reticent; the energeticchef-owner holds it all together.

He did once say that my Chopin Berceuse was "unbelievably terrible," but mostly he was encouraging, if reticent.

Kawakubo treated me with a courtly if reticent politesse, and our conversations weren't unlike a tea ceremony: exquisitely strained.

Among the stars to be added to the cast were 24 and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine actor Alexander Siddig, who will take on the role of Doran Martell, the wise if reticent ruler of Dorne.

"And usually it's an email, 'I'm so sorry about ——'" In person, Ms. Zellweger was soft-spoken and thoughtful, if reticent about discussing some of the latest turns in her career.

Mr. Shalit is something of a celebrity in Israel, if a reticent one.

Strauss remained curiously, if typically, reticent as to exactly why he was drawn to Salome.

Rows with colleagues and rivals are distilled to such terse phrases as "I took a different view".Mr Browne himself comes across as likeable, if painfully reticent.

The skipper – an amiable, if strangely reticent German – explained that he had tied up on the Rhone, at Dijon, and rented a bunk to someone working in a factory who had paid his rent in pilfered moutarde.

Season to taste (if you are reticent to try it raw, fry it a little first).

She is also intensely reticent, if not shy, about putting her work before the public.