indiscreetness

Example Sentences

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That we know all his tastes and prejudices appears rather a compliment to our penetration than a proof of indiscreetness on his part.

From The Function of the Poet and Other Essays by Lowell, James Russell

Ah me!" sighed Mrs. Leland, as she closed the door upon the giddy young girl; "how much trouble has my indiscreetness cost me.

From Home Lights and Shadows by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

But, thanks to the innocent credulity and indiscreetness of the friend to whom it was sent, the defamer was discovered and exposed.

From Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? by Remsburg, John B.

I am all indiscreetness, and thou all prudence.

From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Holt, Emily Sarah

Either some one abroad was in collusion with him or perhaps indiscreetness rather than guilty connivance was responsible for his learning what he did learn.

From From Place to Place by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)