taciturn definition | what is taciturn-meaning | define taciturn in a sentence

habitually quiet and speaking very little

He is taciturn but reliable and skilled behind the wheel.

Opposites certainly attract in the case of talkative Clementine and taciturn Joel when they meet, by chance, on a commuter train.

Among the people she meets is the taciturn and mysterious Nikolai who is the driver for a ruthless crime boss

The new candidate, described as a taciturn and even-tempered man, said he would make anti-corruption a mainstay of his time in office.

Most people are put off by her sort of taciturn and standoffish manner, and she seems to just not be very engaged with peoples' problems.

But don't ask David Lynch to explain either his film's characters or the meaning of his films themselves. When asked about the plot of his dark 2006 film Inland Empire, for example, this famously taciturn director merely quotes a Hindu scripture: "We are like the spider. We weave our life and then move along in it. We are like the dreamer who dreams, and then lives in the dream. This is true of the entire universe"