Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn. From LearnThat.org. [Paul Klee (1879-1940), Swiss artist.]
Philip Baddock looked defiant, and Felkin taciturn and sulky. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Molly of Scotland Yard] Reference
One of the advantages of being taciturn is that it is rare for your words to get you into trouble. From Wordnik.com. [Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: November 2005 Archives] Reference
All that day and the next and the next Holmes was in a mood which his friends would call taciturn, and others morose. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Sherlock Holmes] Reference
He was in his nineties, had been active up to this weekend, and represented the finest kind of taciturn Yankee. From Wordnik.com. [Requiem for a nice guy] Reference
I think there was a kind of taciturn and absolute resolution necessary to survive there that is actually a pretty heavy burden. From Wordnik.com. [Kevin Patterson - An interview with author] Reference
For one thing, before Ruiz, who has been described in the valley as "taciturn" and. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Colonel found him more taciturn than usual that evening. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
As the Man With No Name, Clint is as taciturn as he is lethal. From Wordnik.com. [Have These Ready For A Rainy Day... Or Week] Reference
The taciturn Dole chose a man known for inspirational rhetoric. From Wordnik.com. [Just The Ticket?] Reference
But Calabrians are taciturn and reserved and cool with outsiders. From Wordnik.com. [Italy's Mafia Gets A Homegrown Rival] Reference
My temporary gillie D. was by nature taciturn but always willing. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
But Heiling by nature serious and almost taciturn, refuses her request. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
Such brash behavior is a stark departure from the taciturn Toyota of old. From Wordnik.com. [Toyota Triumphs] Reference
Of course, nothing like the days when they had all those fuming taciturn Scots. From Wordnik.com. [Birmingham v Liverpool - as it happened] Reference
Since the evening of the inauguration festival, he had become sullen and taciturn. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
That night his national-security aide, the taciturn Leon Furth, refused to give specifics. From Wordnik.com. [Two Beijing Ducks] Reference
I took with me a taciturn humor that nothing could overcome; he respected it scrupulously. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He was very taciturn, and his features seemed fine and determined under his thick, black beard. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He did not repulse advances, but he made none; and although an Andalusian, he was often taciturn. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
The Squire was unusually taciturn -- Mrs. Hazeldean thoughtful -- Mrs. Dale languid, and headachy. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
American and British children babbled during performances, while Finnish babies were more taciturn. From Wordnik.com. [Serious Play Date: These Critics May Create a Fuss Over a Show] Reference
The taciturn Goedkens themselves were surprised at what some family members had endured and remembered. From Wordnik.com. [An American Tragedy In Iowa] Reference
As the campaign has expanded in recent weeks, the usually taciturn investigators have begun to respond. From Wordnik.com. [Russian Probe of Prison Death Stalls] Reference
But she found the good lady so taciturn and gloomy, that even her active spirit was awed into stillness. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
He grew more taciturn and silent than ever, and seemed interested in nothing, not even in his son's studies. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The red man, while not morose, was taciturn, and replied to all questions with monosyllables and scarcely a smile. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts on the Yukon] Reference
During their tete-a-tete meals, he hardly spoke at all, maintaining a reserved attitude and a taciturn countenance. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The new whip is a Yankee from the State of Maine; a tall, black-eyed, taciturn fellow, with gold rings in his ears. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
Timid and naturally taciturn, was he governed by the assurance of that athlete with the loud laugh, with the invincible energy?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Rosemary liked Louisa and the taciturn Alec, and the younger children were companionable in age and tastes for Sarah and Shirley. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
Wayne Angell, the taciturn former Federal Reserve governor who now tells the future at Bear, Stearns, puts a name on it: "Speculation.". From Wordnik.com. [An Evil Virus Is Upon Us] Reference
For decades, it's been impossible to tell, as he's gone from playing shy troubadour to eccentric recluse to taciturn concert-touring pro. From Wordnik.com. [THE EDITORS DESK] Reference
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