Bruno was much more reserved and taciturn than Salo, who was naturally very gay and could sing and laugh so that the halls would re-echo loudly with his merriment.

Close behind them, but grave and taciturn as usual, came Mr. Falconer.

I saw that, whatever the Indian may be among the whites, he is anything but taciturn with his own people.

This man was the most taciturn of mortals.

It was a wild, bold land he traversed, and thinly peopled; at pains to avoid the larger towns, he sought by choice the loneliest paths that looped its quiet hills; such as passed the time of day with him were few and for the most part peasants, a dull, dour lot, taciturn to a degree that pleased him well.

They have the gift, also, of self-analysis and self-expression, so that they are able to translate their emotions into vivid words, whereas our own men are taciturn for the most part about their side of the business and talk objectively, looking outwards, and not inwards.

Your noisy people generally grow taciturn in their cupsbut Sir Blue-bottle, though he drinks deep draughts of your wine, particularly if it abound in sweetness, is never changed.