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Examples
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We went down after they had been here awhile & found him quite a nice man, very prudent, "noncomittal" on all subjects in regard to himself, rather a don't care air about him that I like.
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The rest of the committee members were quiet and noncomittal.
Education Reform Group Pulls Council into Schools Brawl « PubliCola 2010
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As a Seattle liberal and a long-time defender of "the fat," I'm amused to see another standard politician with standard noncomittal verbage celebrated here.
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But although some Liberal MPs did personally support allowing Iraq War resisters to remain in Canada, the Liberal Party was noncomittal.
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Movie Buzz: Newsweek caught up with Emma Watson on the set of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and the 16-year-old actress sounded noncomittal about reprising the role of Hermione Granger for the final two installments of the blockbuster film series that made her famous.
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I don't give slack to my friends 'bands; I will usually eschew comment or make some noncomittal noise if forced to listen, but I don't recommend them to anyone unless I genuinely like them.
Notes On DMing a Twelve-Year-Old Child grailquestion 2004
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Worf gave a noncomittal grunt and took a swallow of prune juice.
Infiltrator W.R. Thompson 1996
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In particular the convinced writer is instinctively repelled, from a literary standpoint, by the improvised and noncomittal character of all talk, as well as by that principle of economy which leaves many and indeed decisive gaps which must be filled by the effects of the speaker's personality.
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I wrote to him and he wrote back on theforum. com private messages, but my initial email was noncomittal so his response was also noncommittal ... but he did say he's writing back and forth with someone, so I think he's open to that.
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I wrote to him and he wrote back on theforum. com private messages, but my initial email was noncomittal so his response was also noncommittal ... but he did say he's writing back and forth with someone, so I think he's open to that.
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