Sentence examples for discreet at the from inspiring English sources

The modern building is discreet at the street level, with horizontal panels of mahogany.

Perhaps he is a bit more discreet at the start of his innings when elevated.

Edna O'Brien manages to be both revelatory and discreet at the same time – rather a brilliant trick to pull off.

I love how plain it is, with discreet zippers at the neck and side.

After we had been settled listening for a bit there was a discreet commotion at the back of the church.

Roe To get to Roe, you pass through a discreet door at the back of a larger restaurant.

By today's standards it is tame and discreet, but at the time it caused a scandal and was denounced as corrupt and pornographic.

There are tantalising hints about her bohemian youth in Paris and a discreet nod at the end towards her sexual reorientation.

The changes wrought upon the book were fairly discreet but, at the risk of projecting my own feelings of satisfaction at having made it to the end, I am tempted to say that it looked fulfilled.

Your private jet will take off from Farnborough and fly around for an hour, while you enjoy cocktails, nibbles and nookie with a discreet pilot at the other joystick.

They recognise that discreet intervention at the check-in desk can defuse an embarrassing situation, which might otherwise snowball into a discrimination lawsuit.I reckon this civility should be extended to the taller passenger say, anyone above 6'2"–whose handicap would be mitigated by either a vacant neighbouring seat or an emergency-exit seat.