Example sentences for: circumspect

How can you use “circumspect” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • On the second occasion I would have grown somewhat circumspect about dictionary meaning not simply because Johnson and Webster diverge so widely, but because meaning per se is determined by relative historical and ideological conditions.

  • I've tried to stay mum, so as to keep my voting options open, but it's hard for a guy brimming with opinions to be circumspect.

  • If a soldier is completely circumspect in his military life and makes every effort to disguise his involvement in explicitly gay-only-oriented activities to the point of using a pseudonym, etc., in what sense is he "telling"?

  • A few mention a "Bush stumble," but most are even more circumspect.

  • I expected that Buchanan, who took a lot of grief for using this code in 1996, would be more circumspect this time around.


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