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How to use discreet in a sentence

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The Greeks and Roman orgies are discussed along with the more common, discreet exchange of marital partners.
Park benches, small statues, decorative flower beds and ornate lamp-posts dotted the park at discreet distances from each other.
The 20-to 30-hole moveable outhouse was a discreet distance to the leeward.
Obeying the dictates of modesty, they usually preferred discreet euphemisms or a blushing silence.
After this briefest of appearances in the pages of history, the surviving rebels disappeared from public view, wiser, sadder and more discreet.
I shall draw a discreet veil over the rest of that day but suffice it to say that a jolly time was had by all.
All shades exist also in a supercalendered version which confers a discreet but sophisticated transparency to the repositionable note.
And here is an orchestration of imagery that is as powerful as it is discreet.
While wearing them with suits is a big no-no, discreet leather sneakers can be worn with chinos as a last resort.
You're alerted to this fact by any one of a number of beeps, hoots and whistles, or by the more discreet vibrating option.
Some repairs to the shed and a discreet coat of green, brown or black woodstain might improve its appearance, for instance.
Taking a discreet glance around, he saw the few other patrons of the restaurant heartily consuming their own lunch, so he tried to follow suit.
Taking deep breaths she began to hyperventilate, but in a more discreet way.
Any discreet watching brief must take full cognisance of an individual's right to privacy and independence.
For example, discreet indirect lighting allows for nighttime activities in a formerly candlelit room.
I talked to him last week in the understated luxury of the discreet Residence.
This was a little disappointing considering the state of modern discreet body armour which could stop most rifle rounds without flinching.
Intolerable Cruelty is a movie in which the brothers' distinctive presence is quite reticent and discreet in terms of script.
As the song comes to a close, a mandolin slowly takes over, building a discreet line around a series of found sounds.
I went to the bar and asked for a dry sherry and sat in a discreet corner behind a decorative shrub.
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Examples from Classical Literature
I wrote last by a lady on the twenty-third, and she is so discreet and dextrous, that I make little doubt of its going right.
I need not mention that he was a bon vivant, a most joyous, yet a most discreet one.
She was a wise and discreet lady and assisted her husband to govern his dominions.
But Pea-y-Pea and Anaya were both firm, discreet and consistent in their resistance.
They had wine to dinner, and were waited on by a discreet and silent butler.
He was the repository of discreet confidences, the inarticulate witness of august privacies.
By an intervention that is always discreet, and sometimes by non-intervention.
The very courage and trustiness of Fontenelle bore this stamp of discreet moderation.
Hearing Jeanne's discreet and mouselike steps in the next room, he rose quickly and hid the letter in the pocket of his coat.
Further, send me eight confidential discreet men of my height and size, with eight perukes, exactly the cut of mine.
There was just time to complete this discreet arrangement, before the stranger reached the lodge.
And the discreet Asura Maya joyfully fastened on his turban and diadem.
I can see that they are very wise and discreet folk at beaulieu.
He made a discreet and bloodcurdling gesture to me with the other.
We had a blow-out for him, and all those present were very discreet.
A buzzer on Senator brogan's desk hummed two short discreet hums.
Candide opposed these sentiments, but he did it in a discreet manner.
The woodland and sedgy lore in it is discreet and attractive.
What the skilled and seasoned drinker achieves is a discreet and canny semi-intoxication.
I found that country pub which I had already recommended to your notice, and there I made my discreet inquiries.
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