Sentence examples for tight-lipped expression from inspiring English sources

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Another resonant touch has Edna, her mouth set in a tight-lipped expression unlike the smile Jacob remembers from their courtship, wondering where the eggs have gone.

Fans erupted during the game after acrobatic dunks, while the Chicago police superintendent, Garry F. McCarthy, sat with his arms folded, wearing a tight-lipped expression.

The curdled Aryan creaminess; the dissipated, glazed good looks that suggest a host of nervous tics waiting to surface; the tight-lipped expression that speaks of conflicting desires to whip and be whipped -- yes, they are all in place in Mr. Atherton's performance in "Address Unknown," which opened last night at the Promenade Theater, also starring the impeccable Jim Dale.

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No longer was the expression tight-lipped, white and drawn with reticence.

Their eyes met; they both saw the joke, and he allowed himself a tight-lipped smile, his composed expression becoming avid and boyish.

Alec Baldwin entered, wearing a gray suit and an expression of tight-lipped remove, and kissed McCray on the cheek.

Saying this commercial is portentous is like saying Bill Belichick is tight-lipped about injuries.

VW remains tight-lipped.

"They are surprisingly tight-lipped.

The delegations themselves were tight-lipped.

Heath was tight-lipped, introverted, seemingly cold.

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