Sentence examples for reticent when from inspiring English sources

Obama looked coiled and reticent when he stepped forward.

And other Israeli officials remain very reticent when it comes to speaking about this issue.

But Hawkinson can be reticent when it comes to his motivations or a particular work's meaning.

She was even reticent when a tie-up with James was suggested.

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

Mr. Cuomo was far less reticent when it came to football.

The Palestinians aren't nearly as media-reticent when it comes to collaborating with corporate America.

A health worker described that the term 'indigent' itself might be negatively viewed: "In the very beginning, there were some people who were reticent because when we say 'indigent' , based on the word itself, it's like a kind of insult".

She was reticent: she blushed when I took a picture of her, but she had a focus, level-headedness and maturity beyond her years.

A Californian who danced with the Pennsylvania Ballet for five years before enrolling at Columbia, she no longer performs and is reticent to say when or if she'll start again.

In a year when reticent figures like George Tenet and Alan Greenspan have come out with their own confessional volumes, it seems only right that this trend should be continued by Iggy Pop, the punk progenitor better known for regurgitating on command than for spilling his guts in book form.