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  • Tight-lipped, Charlotte set her weapons down on a table and called for Will.

    Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare 2010

  • Tight-lipped and anal as the two film characters were, the perfect expression of Aulde English inhibition, so that their need for each other feels palpable, and its not happening touches viscerally the viewer, in this staged adaptation, the audience, at least this member, felt nothing.

    Gwen Davis: "Brief (and Unmoving) Encounter" Gwen Davis 2010

  • Tight-lipped and anal as the two film characters were, the perfect expression of Aulde English inhibition, so that their need for each other feels palpable, and its not happening touches viscerally the viewer, in this staged adaptation, the audience, at least this member, felt nothing.

    Gwen Davis: "Brief (and Unmoving) Encounter" Gwen Davis 2010

  • Tight-lipped Range drilled three horizontal wells in 2005, then began buying acreage, $200 million worth by the end of 2007.

    Range Resources Is King Of The Marcellus Shale 2010

  • New York -- Tight-lipped and unshaven, mass murderer John Francis Roche is accompanied by a Dept. of Corrections officer as he left the Tombs today en route to await execution.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • Tight-lipped, refusing counsel, he's the undeniable winner in an icy confrontation with Sen. Mayer, who leads the questioning (a perfectly pitched portrayal by Kurtwood Smith).

    A Resurrected '24' 2009

  • Tight-lipped, Fitzgerald has not said a word about his intentions.

    Prelude to a Leak 2007

  • Tight-lipped, Aloysius tipped his cap at the Huntingtons.

    Soul Learner_Tobsha 2006

  • Tight-lipped geologists from the De Beers diamond company were quietly scouting the island this summer in search of likely spots to mine for the precious gems.

    NASA Watch: Exploration: August 2006 Archives 2006

  • Tight-lipped, absolutely still between pitches, all business and concentration, he personifies the big-city, emotionless perfection of his team.

    The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

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