Sentence examples for reticent since from inspiring English sources

"Canadians are inherently reticent since the Patriot Act about having their government share data on your average citizen with the U.S. government," said Christian Leuprecht, a political scientist at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario.

The 22-year-old Liverpudlian used to be gregarious – "one of those people that smiled at everyone" – but she's become much more reticent since moving to Nottingham for university three years ago and experiencing a huge amount of street harassment in the city.

Parliamentarians are still stung by the memory of the 2003 Iraq invasion and have been reticent ever since to sanction military action in the Middle East.

Eileen Battersby's Ordinary Dogs (Faber) must be the most reticent autobiography ever written, since the author is no more than a shadowy presence behind the figures of the two dogs, Bilbo and Frodo – "the guys", as she calls them – who shared her life for more than 20 years.

Unfortunately, some workers are reticent to use these devices since they cause them thermal stress and breathing difficulties etc.

ED sufferers often seek alternatives, since many are reticent to express their sexual problems to physicians [ 17], or are dissatisfied with current therapies.

Pelosi, Wasserman Schultz and others had been notably reticent in public in the days since Weiner held a news conference to announce he had exchanged lewd photos, and more, with a handful of women.

Even with higher earnings expected, however, analysts voiced caution since consumers are still reticent.

Gary Cooper tackles Hemingway and since he's so reticent in general you'd think the fit would be better for A Farewell To Arms.

Other military officials have been reticent to comment on the matter since an October 2 memo from the Secretary of Defense sternly warned that until he made his decision, "further public discussion…is neither helpful nor prudent".

Analysts may not have been expecting much from Mattel this quarter since rising commodity costs and reticent consumers have made the toy trade tricky.