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

But the persuasion that had so often checkmated justice, the calculated force, the insinuating tactfulness, the living, warm appeal that had had their way in the past were absent.

From The Long Lane's Turning by Rives, Hallie Erminie

Indeed, it often seems as if they feared and must by all possible means placate each other by flattery, humor or a serious tactfulness.

From Mary, Mary by Colum, Padraic

Would they end by proving her destruction, notwithstanding all her tactfulness?

From The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java by Couperus, Louis