discreetness

Example Sentences

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Further studies are needed to assess the comfort and discreetness of the device over longer periods of time, he added, but researchers say it has potential to stop future overdose deaths.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2021

Ms. Taylor’s wait-and-see attitude may well be bred in the bone, her discreetness the product of a genteel background.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2013

If you're harassed by a co-worker or boss, talk to HR, as they are trained to deal with such matters with discreetness and in confidence.

From Inc • Jun. 21, 2012

Says he: "There's a hardness, a discreetness; everything is somehow bitten off and sharp, like Greece, but of course without the warmth of Greece."

From Time Magazine Archive

But then Edwin had always regarded the discreetness of doctors as exaggerated.

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold