Sentence examples for note of reticence from inspiring English sources

Of Mutability, which was shortlisted this week for the Forward prize, is her first book in almost a decade, and while the title is no less plangent than those that preceded it, an audible tonal shift has occurred; the preposition "of" creates a gap between poet and poem, introducing a new note of reticence.

But Paul's discourse often sounds a note of excited reticence; he is very good at taking the already resonant Old Testament words such as "satisfy" and "acceptable" and pulling from them a kind of controlled, ironic fervor.

The group noted the difficulty chronicling casualties because of "reticence" admitting losses on all sides and the difficulty of reaching war-torn areas.

His style of reticence is contagious.

She's at least putting up a front of reticence.

In person, she is a mixture of reticence and candor.

Codes of reticence give the books their voltage.

This is a voice from the lost continent of reticence.

They sat barricaded by a wall of reticence and an aura of arrogance and disdain.

Only then will it be clear that the country has overcome its "culture of reticence".

After five weeks, however, I felt our marathon of reticence had run its course.