Example Sentences

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Michelle says that when they first met there was some "reservedness".

From BBC • May 12, 2026

And the reservedness I had witnessed in Baltimore persisted.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2022

The mix-up may be explained by Maguire’s reservedness and his focus on seeking justice for workers, rather than on his legacy, Mr. Collins said, citing his mother’s description of his great-grandfather.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2020

From coarse or sensual self-indulgence the young Puritan turned with disgust: "A certain reservedness of nature, an honest haughtiness and self-esteem, kept me still above those low descents of mind."

From History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 by Green, John Richard

Among such a people, a man may long live, little known, and less instructed; for their reservedness renders them uncommunicative, and their excessive haughtiness prevents them from being solicitous of knowledge.

From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. by Cibber, Theophilus