| He took his father's beliefs seriously, but his taciturnity implied not strength but inflexibility. |
| I avoided his stares and finished the meal in silence, surprising Gretchen with my unaccustomed taciturnity. |
| I think you are somewhat reserved, but my daughter does not seem to mind your taciturnity, so I suppose I have no occasion to complain. |
| This process, gradual and more-or-less irreversible, shapes the trajectory of the child's life. Fortunately, taciturnity can be easily fixed. |
| After all those years of taciturnity in male cinema, the floodgates opened and we were deluged by talk. |
| He was true to his heritage in valuing hard work, frugality, practicality, and taciturnity. |
