Sentence examples for a discreet note from inspiring English sources

But it is also possible that she made a discreet note in the guest's file, to follow him on every subsequent check-in for that hotel chain.

He passed Brown a discreet note to say: "We will be here all night if we carry on like this". Brown promptly read out O'Donnell's note to the entire cabinet – to general bemusement.

There might be a discreet note on the back of a winning book, but it's not the ticket to a 440% sales hike as triumph in the Man Booker is.

In addition, the politicians have not yet overwhelmed the tournament with excessive discourse or trampling propaganda; in fact, the president wrote a discreet note to her Brazilian counterpart declining the invitation to attend the final.

We're just asking people to be sensible and take discreet notes and photos where possible, and where it's safe to do so," she said.

"When you are named on the panel, you expect to be invited out to parties and to be sent early copies of novels with discreet notes from authors," says Jason Cowley, literary editor of the New Statesman and a youthful judge in 1997.

Sister accepted the information with only a discreet nod.

Many raffles strike a discreet, respectful tone.

But intrigue, as well as the soft notes of a discreet six-person band, filled the air before the program began.

Dr. John, whose show tonight at the House of Blues in West Hollywood is sold out, came on doing the bubbling "Iko, Iko". After an invigorating look at Sly Stone's "Thank You," the pianist offered a persuasive medley, beginning with Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood," where he danced around the lovely melody, dropping in tinkling right-hand notes in a discreet yet quietly rollicking manner.

The Flying Kunai: You take your note and fold it into a discreet little ball.