Example sentences for: tact

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

  • When the rabbi drops by for dinner on the night of the big pork and lobster banquet, you change the menu--not because there's anything discreditable about eating sea and sty, but as a matter of tact.

  • I apologize not for what I believe, but for my lack of tact and judgment in making a statement that served no purpose whatsoever."

  • The NYT reports that Lewinsky's new attorneys--especially tough-talking Jacob A. Stein--had the tact and clout needed to obtain immunity for their client.

  • Since you've tried tact, you must now be direct with this judgment-free fellow.

  • Yes, they were statesmen, bringing compromise and tact to everything that they did.


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