Sentence example with the word 'discreet'

discreet

aloof, chilly, deliberate, forbidding, inaccessible, offish, reflective, secret, tactful, uncongenial, unprecipitate

Definition adj. marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint

Last update: November 1, 2015


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I should make few discreet enquiries about him before I marry.   [adjective]

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Picking the plant up and snapping his empty briefcase shut, he scurried toward the door, trying to be as discreet as possible.   [adjective]

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On arrival you will discover a discreet haven with open log fires that create a homely ambiance.   [adjective]

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But Cora Munro is a maiden too discreet, and of a mind too elevated and improved, to need the guardianship even of a father.   [adjective]

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Their breakfast so warm to be sure they did eat, A custom in travellers mighty discreet.   [adjective]

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"And pray how does a baby-girl like you know when a gentleman has been more thirsty than discreet."   [adjective]

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--a man wise, firm, discreet--a man, not a child.   [adjective]

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'There was the young Laird of Balmawhapple, a Falconer by surname, of the house of Glenfarquhar, given right much to field-sports--gaudet equis et canibus--but a very discreet young gentleman.'   [adjective]

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The duumvir is discreet; what I am to do, where go to find my fleet, he will tell on the ship, where a sealed package is waiting me.   [adjective]

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