tactfulness

Example Sentences

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Don’t get me wrong here—I’m sure it’s upsetting to listen to your sister-in-law talk trash about your church and religion, but other than the lack of tactfulness, it’s her right to do so.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2021

They must be greeted with respect, compassion and tactfulness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Resentment, all the more bitter because he believed it to be groundless, followed hard on the heels of her words which he thought to be inspired solely by a delicate tactfulness.

From The Girl of the Golden West by Belasco, David

Feminine attentions may be overdone, and Mrs Bosenna showed more tactfulness than her maid.

From Hocken and Hunken by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Franklin was somewhat impressed with the swiftness of acquaintanceships and of general affairs in this new land, but he retained his own tactfulness and made polite assurances of aid should it become possible.

From The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains by Hough, Emerson