Reticence Definition

Reticence Sentence Examples

• The queen was privately opposed to Gladstone's Home Rule policy; but she observed in public a constitutional reticence on the subject.

• She paused, as if hesitating to confide, until her anger overcame her reticence.

• She almost protested, but remembered this morning's reticence.

• He has left us two detailed accounts of the proceedings of the council of St Basle; and, despite his reticence, it is impossible to doubt that he was the moving spirit in Arnulf's deposition.

• Mr. Westlake, dressed in his usual dusty and patched attire, pressed Cynthia for the reason behind her unusual reticence.