Adjective : The senator gave us a noncommittal answer. From Dictionary.com.
I searched my mind for some non-committal response. From Wordnik.com. [On the Stairs] Reference
Anstice's tone was strictly non-committal, and after. From Wordnik.com. [Afterwards] Reference
They are non-committal and leave me feeling regret-free. From Wordnik.com. [Jennifer McCoy: Cupcake Madness] Reference
Defence spokesman Ndivhuwo Mabaya remained non-committal. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa considers sending troops to back Somalia mission] Reference
The statement it issued was weak, tepid and non-committal. From Wordnik.com. [Earl Ofari Hutchinson: NAACP Still Hasn't Atoned for Sherrod Blunder] Reference
The party platform ordinarily was silent or non-committal. From Wordnik.com. [The United States Since the Civil War] Reference
French, very non-committal and not frightfully encouraging. From Wordnik.com. [Fanny Goes to War] Reference
'Major,' I said, 'is there anything non-committal about that?'. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
"This boat isn't for sale," said Betty in non-committal tones. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Florida Or, Wintering in the Sunny South] Reference
However, he is not the only non-committal candidate in the race. From Wordnik.com. [Texas GOP candidate Flores not committed to Boehner as speaker] Reference
The latter returned the action with a non-committal countenance. From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
Winifred responded with a radiant but wholly non-committal smile. From Wordnik.com. [Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes] Reference
Mr. Lane had been gravely polite and non-committal in his manner. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Haydon's Quest] Reference
In short, he was the most perfect pattern of the genuine non-committal. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
The Governor surveyed Terry with added interest, but was non-committal. From Wordnik.com. [Terry A Tale of the Hill People] Reference
'Let's hope she'll appreciate them,' said George in a non-committal tone. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah's School Friend] Reference
"Well, you've got back," said the superintendent in a non-committal tone. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
As to the possibility of developing the required speed he was non-committal. From Wordnik.com. [Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat] Reference
"Mh -- um," was Mammy's non-committal lip-murmur, and Peggy wagged her head. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home] Reference
Julie glanced at me and said, “Hm,” or “Oh,” something non-committal. From Wordnik.com. [Office Politics] Reference
Nan's tones were so non-committal that Kitty looked at her with some surprise. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
Maxwell was non-committal, for he felt the matter was one for feminine judgment. From Wordnik.com. [Hepsey Burke] Reference
"As well as can be expected, all things considered," was the non-committal reply. From Wordnik.com. [That Mainwaring Affair] Reference
I learned nothing, for pebbles and short grass are as non-committal as a Paris pavement. From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
He recognized it as a symbol of the non-committal attitude that makes people looked up to. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
But experience had taught us how to estimate a bald, non-committal statement of that kind. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
He wrote to her in a non-committal way -- a letter which left loopholes, room for accommodation. From Wordnik.com. [On the Stairs] Reference
Her only desire now was to evade him, lest he should force her out of her non-committal attitude. From Wordnik.com. [The Coast of Chance] Reference
Bakahenzie had assented in his usual non-committal manner, a manner that was beginning to get upon. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
The tone of the voice matched accurately the attitude of the man, and that was quite non-committal. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
Marufa, observing that the arrow was still in the air, took to his non-committal incantations again. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
The sky was non-committal, and the lake looked dark and secretive, as if it meditated wreck and disaster. From Wordnik.com. [How to Cook Husbands] Reference
I opened and read it, and it denied any promise of arms, but otherwise was extremely evasive and non-committal. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Germany had set her eyes were uniformly non-committal when they did not positively deny that there was truth in the story. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
His next words, spoken as he stepped back into the cabin and shook himself free of his greatcoat, were brusquely non-committal. From Wordnik.com. ['Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands] Reference
Finally Bob settled the question by getting up and running in her place, -- a non-committal proceeding that delighted everybody. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Wales Senior] Reference
Noyes was brought before the Lord Mayor and officially examined, but, acting under advice of his lawyer, he was strictly non-committal. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
For a moment she looked up at the house, its red-brick front and painted door so blank and non-committal, so little revealing, then with. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
Those who laugh with their mouths closed are non-committal; while those who throw it wide open are unguarded and unequivocal in character. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
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