Sentence examples for could be discreet from inspiring English sources

It seems unlikely that Qaddafi could be discreet if he tried.

That principle was established by a landmark hearing at the supreme court in 2010 which ruled that it would be unreasonable to return two gay men to Cameroon and Iran on the grounds that they could be discreet about or hide their sexuality.

Principal Ra'ad Jawad selected eight boys to take part in the documentary because he knew they could be discreet about making the documentary, would not get bored, and would remain committed to filming their lives for a year.

Although the fieldworkers tried to be discreet during the observation of nursing managers, their presence could have influenced the behaviour of the nursing managers.

Drug use must be discreet.

"Others want to be discreet".

You have to be discreet".

They want to be discreet".

It should also be discreet.

Despite his reputation for lurid prose, Van Vechten could be surprisingly discreet, and, even with the benefit of thousands of letters and journal entries, there are parts of his life that are hard to reconstruct.

He said journalists could send messages if they were discreet and did not interfere with the judicial process.