| Some people willingly open up to her, others clam up, but in every case Anne-Marie feels she's connecting with them in a way she didn't before. |
|
| Anyone who questioned his actions was portrayed as unpatriotic, a threat that caused many people to clam up. |
|
| If the environment's intimidating and suppressive, if it demeans, people tend to clam up. |
|
| But reluctance to disclose information about their personal finances doesn't mean Canadians clam up on other traditionally hush-hush topics. |
|
| Some men are more comfortable one-on-one, and clam up in a crowd. |
|
| I either bluster through and waffle away, mumbling on further and further away from the point in hand, or I go to the other extreme and clam up completely. |
|
| All of which makes me wonder why Lindsey Graham and his cohort were so afraid the guy would clam up. |
|
| Before he started Graham explained that he didn't want me to feed him information or to completely clam up but to answer yes or no if asked a question. |
|
| You see this a lot when individuals who are accused of something decide to clam up, often under the advice of their attorney. |
|
| Back in California, Zach finds that people from whom he might learn about the bombing either die, disappear, or clam up. |
|
| People on dates usually clam up for fear of saying something stupid. |
|
| If you are interrogating someone, perhaps they will clam up about some interesting questions, but at least you can be precise about what you are asking. |
|
| If midwives jump in and act on confessions, pregnant women are likely to clam up, become reticent about confiding in them or even leave antenatal care. |
|
| They think they might panic when they have to interact with others and clam up, and people might interpret that as rejection or assume that they would rather be left alone. |
|
| If you find your business running into trouble the best thing you can do is to fight the natural inclination to clam up and take extra care to keep lines of communication open. |
|
| Companies will clam up or issue a lot of pap. |
|
