They said that as their longer "taciturnity" might cause the ruin of his Majesty's affairs, they were at last compelled to break silence. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
His taciturnity was his refuge. From Wordnik.com. [Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard] Reference
Swift held his tongue with a repellent taciturnity. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference
Annoyed at his taciturnity, she at last broke the silence. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She had shed her taciturnity and was even voluble at times. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
Slavin had relapsed into one of his fits of morose taciturnity. From Wordnik.com. [The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police] Reference
She had not expected this as a consequence of Roger's taciturnity. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
Their neighbour, however, makes ample amends for the taciturnity of both. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833] Reference
Not that appetite failed him; indeed, he ate the more for his taciturnity. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
A native of Savoy, he possessed the mountaineer's taciturnity and love of home. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863] Reference
Thou art he that observes the vow of taciturnity (for thou instructest in silence). From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
Thanks to this genetic taciturnity, I was well equipped to be a funeral-home worker. From Wordnik.com. [Working With Death Was No Way To Live] Reference
Study, taciturnity, worship before fire, and sacrifices, these four remove all fear. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
Being men of great taciturnity, they very seldom disturb a stranger with questions; and. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827] Reference
The proprietor laughed harshly but said nothing -- taciturnity was his one redeeming trait. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
Erskine's comparative taciturnity in the House may be accounted for on more honourable terms. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
The new taciturnity, which she still found so strange, seemed to have fallen on him suddenly. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the East] Reference
By observing the vow of taciturnity one succeeds in bringing the whole world under one's sway. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
He even forgets his taciturnity, in the excitement of the game, and becomes loquacious and eager. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
One or two tentative attempts to discover his antecedents were foiled by his charming taciturnity. From Wordnik.com. [St. Cuthbert's] Reference
Ishmael was very fond of this brother -- as fond as John-James 'rigid taciturnity would let him be. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
A general idea has gone abroad regarding their taciturnity which does not accord with my experience. From Wordnik.com. [Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume I.] Reference
To strangers his manners were somewhat uninviting, and in society he was liable to periods of taciturnity. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
They both display an impenetrable taciturnity that is the despair of journalists assigned to interview them. From Wordnik.com. [Flying High Now] Reference
And with the same feeling of morose taciturnity, a strange mood on this of all nights, he undressed and crept into bed. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
We tried him with hints, with bland suppositions, with bare-faced questions, and could not break through his taciturnity. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
One President who admirably combined taciturnity and veracity was Calvin Coolidge, that unobtrusive and so underrated man. From Wordnik.com. [Listening and Telling the Truth] Reference
She could hardly restrain an exclamation of pity; but the grave taciturnity of the two men told her that she must be silent. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
They pretended not to notice his taciturnity and talked lightly to each other of their purchases and other personal matters. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy-Alone] Reference
A place so serene yet what surrounds it is the taciturnity between people, peers, family and the ones whom we thought trusted us. From Wordnik.com. [babycartercl Diary Entry] Reference
Blassemarre, deeming it best to suffer her ill-humor to expend itself harmlessly, awaited better moments in congenial taciturnity. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
They were gratefully accepted; for even the taciturnity of the brothers seemed to give way before the pressing fear that beset them. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861] Reference
He was, in any case, not given to gasping, and his face was calm with a hint of taciturnity as he watched Quentin open the three boxes. From Wordnik.com. [A Guilty Thing Surprised]
Those who remember his taciturnity and little eccentricities also speak of his kindness of heart, generosity and trustfulness of others. From Wordnik.com. [Australian Writers] Reference
Thus Homer has described the most eloquent Odysseus, and Telemachus, and Penelope, and the nurse, as all remarkable for their taciturnity. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
At last, disturbed by the continued taciturnity of their host, they rose from the table sooner than their wont, and prepared to take leave. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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