Example sentences for: discreetly

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

  • Though Wilson was unmarried, dating another woman so soon after his wife's death seemed vaguely scandalous in 1915, especially because, as Starling discreetly put it, Wilson was afraid "another woman--a Mrs. Peck, whom the President had known years before--would make trouble if an engagement were announced."

  • I've tried to discreetly play music, but it doesn't drown him out.

  • My sister and I feel our mother should discreetly tell her friend what's going on, but my mother is very proud and prefers to pretend that everything is fine, especially since she's the one who encouraged her friend to dump her husband.

  • Roudinesco alludes to many mistresses, though always discreetly, in the abstract.

  • --Prudie, discreetly


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