It was a matter upon which he was reticent, and with persons of his kind a direct question is never very discreet.
I do not speak of that greatness which is achieved by the fortunate politician or the successful soldier; that is a quality which belongs to the place he occupies rather than to the man; and a change of circumstances reduces it to very discreet proportions.
" The Rat pushed the paper away from him wearily, but the discreet Mole took occasion to leave the room, and when he peeped in again some time later, the Rat was absorbed and deaf to the world; alternately scribbling and sucking the top of his pencil.
" Diana preserved a discreet silence, but she and Anne exchanged furtive smiles of guilty amusement across the table.
She had taken her place again in a society which ignored the fact that she had ever had a daughter and pitied her, if it pitied her at all, only in discreet whispers and asides.
Moreover, he wanted to assure himself that Huck had remained discreet.
Fain would his dogs have known, as breathing heavily and wiping their cutlasses, they gathered at a discreet distance from his hook, and squinted through their ferret eyes at this extraordinary man.
" "There's a certain level of being discreet and private that we cherish," he said.
The mobile works out which route you should be following and the shoes then emit a discreet vibration in either foot telling you when and where to change direction.
'They're a more discreet way to wear fashion's biggest names and the antithesis of the oversized It-bags of the early 2000s.
" The lawyer did not comment on a report in Le Figaro newspaper that the lawsuit was worth up to 45 million, saying only that his client wished to remain discreet and anonymous.
Some Romans have expressed joy on social media at the new restaurant, noting that the area around the Vatican is filled with overpriced restaurants catering to tourists, and suggesting the McDonald's could actually be more discreet.
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Be discreet with insider info, including on social media.
In scholarly pursuits Hu Shi's "bold hypothesis and discreet proof" exerted far-reaching influences in academia.
He surfaced in the criminal charging documents in a discreet reference to a $10m payment made to South Africa from Fifa's coffers.
British jeweller, Steve Bennett, has built the first prototype, which may look like any other diamond ring, but has the discreet addition of a bluetooth chip.
What you should do is find a man who is discreet and wise and set him over the project of gathering food during the 7 good years.
What you should do is find a man who is discreet and wise and set him over the project of gathering food during the 7 good years.
Language speakers also develop a better ear for listening, since they're skilled at distinguishing meaning from discreet sounds.
