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untalkative - definition and meaning
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adjective talk ; taciturn ; refusing to speak
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The careful nose, the skin of her there, those careful hands of yours falling around the silent heart, how many, how often in the untalkative water.
the sweet lunar springs Jerry Ratch 2011
He liked to educe comment from the untalkative man, draw him forth, make him understand that his wish to be friendless was not readily respected here.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
He liked to educe comment from the untalkative man, draw him forth, make him understand that his wish to be friendless was not readily respected here.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
He was one of the first in the field really to see the exceptional virtues and promise of the untalkative young Franklin J.W. Schmidt, who died in a fire just as his work on central Wisconsin prairie chickens was becoming recognized.
Tributes to Aldo Leopold 2008
He liked to educe comment from the untalkative man, draw him forth, make him understand that his wish to be friendless was not readily respected here.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
If someone seems overly sullen and untalkative , or nervously preoccupied, that would be a red-flag.
‘Look at your neighbor…Does he look suspicious?’ 2008
He was humorless and untalkative after the game — but clearly satisfied by outplaying Garnett for the first time in the series.
USATODAY.com - Wolves get tangled by Webber in Game 4 2004
I mean, there's only so many times an untalkative rustic protagonist can ride a horse over an ancient bleakly-lit decaying stone bridge, you know?
Archive 2006-12-01 Greg Tannahill 2006
His private untalkative faith was something he knew I shared, though I often wondered how well it served him in fearful times.
CLEAR PICTURES REYNOLDS PRICE 1988
His private untalkative faith was something he knew I shared, though I often wondered how well it served him in fearful times.
CLEAR PICTURES REYNOLDS PRICE 1988
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