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He was rather glad of this incommunicativeness of hers, for he felt in too restless a mood to talk to her.

From Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real by Zangwill, Louis

Hardly a word or look had passed between him and Maggie in all the three weeks; but his usual incommunicativeness at home prevented this from being noticeable to their parents.

From The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George

I pitied him from the bottom of my heart, but could not, for that reason, quite forgive his incommunicativeness in the matter of the Last Supper.

From Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories by French, Joseph Lewis

If not exactly friendly, they lacked that sour incommunicativeness of the higher plateau.

From Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond by Franck, Harry Alverson

He had a close, compact mouth, a cautious mouth, and the lips were now compressed with an expression of waiting incommunicativeness.

From The Storm Centre by Murfree, Mary Noailles