NONCOMMITTAL in a Sentence

Learn NONCOMMITTAL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for NONCOMMITTAL, such as:

1. In short, he was strictly noncommittal.
2. The girl held a geranium leaf up to her nose and said nothing, but looked knowing and noncommittal.
3. We were annoyed by his noncommittal reply for we had been led to expect definite assurances of his approval.

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 Meanings and Examples of NONCOMMITTAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
noncommittal
 a.  very reluctant to give out information
Classic Sentence:
1  The girl held a geranium leaf up to her nose and said nothing, but looked knowing and noncommittal.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXV
2  In short, he was strictly noncommittal.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
Example Sentence:
1  We were annoyed by his noncommittal reply for we had been led to expect definite assurances of his approval.