More sensible members of the royal family are discreet about their "divine right".
Right now discreet conversations are taking place between Mr Juncker's office and the various European capitals about who might be put forward and what job each country might like.
Longtime aides are loyal, and discreet — Ms. Merkel's right-hand woman, Beate Baumann, has been with her since the early 1990s.
In prisons, where the sporting of coloured gang symbols is prohibited, the discreet rolling of left or right leg serves to show which side you're on.
They went about their job the right way: a discreet presence, no provocation, broad tolerance which is expected in an open, democratic society, and swift, firm intervention as soon as a certain threshold was exceeded.
Today it is flanked by discreet 18th-century mansions that lead right to the gate of the Parc de la Pepiniere, the royal nursery garden.
They got everything just right and they were very discreet.
Phil and Claire Gladstone, husband-and-wife owners (and their sociable dog), strike the right balance between friendly and discreet.
The only way you're going to survive is striking the right balance between sharing, being discreet and knowing how to manage your own success, your own survival.
Rather, we saw twin spots that populated discreet anatomic locations including the left ventricle, right ventricle, outflow tract, atria-left ventricle, and interventricular septum.
