Example Sentences

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There are currently 76 million American baby boomers inching reticently in its direction.

From The Verge • Apr. 25, 2015

They faced their day of reckoning for the wretched mess McClaren and his players had made of their Euro 2008 qualification campaign with glum faces and reticently expressed contrition.

From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2012

The princess and the college boy go into partnership, fall reticently in love.

From Time Magazine Archive

Though the building looks handmade throughout, it is reticently so.

From Time Magazine Archive

They conducted their duties humbly and reticently, with a minimum of fuss, and went to great lengths not to antagonize anyone.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller