Sentence examples for discreet talking from inspiring English sources

Most of the time, we present seven discrete (but never discreet) talking points for Democrats to consider using when being interviewed by the media (or, for the rank and file, for use around the company watercooler).

The Obama administration has lifted restrictions imposed by George Bush on visits and remittances to the island by Cuban-Americans, and has resumed discreet talks on co-operation in practical matters such as migration, drug-trafficking and postal services.

Concern about returning radicals has prompted western intelligence agencies, including an official representing MI6, Britain's foreign intelligence service, to open discreet talks with the Syrian government, the BBC reported in January.

Lebanon's president, Emile Lahoud, has brokered discreet talks between Patriarch Sfeir and top Syrian officials, and maintains a dialogue with the patriarch, who has assumed the political leadership of Lebanon's one million Maronites since the end of the war.

Whatever the result, there will probably be discreet talks about how to organise the formation of the government to minimise the potential for controversy around the Queen's role in the process, and probably also to provide reassurance if the markets have serious wobbles (although it is open to the Conservatives to play hardball).

First, news of "discreet talks" between the German government and U.S. authorities regarding Deutsche Bank's legal troubles were somehow leaked by "sources in Berlin".

Mervyn King: stay out of politics and be discreet when talking to American diplomats.

So, anyway, this week, instead of seven discrete (but never discreet!) Friday Talking Points, I offer up instead a whole speechful of talking points, without numbers.

She has a direct but discreet way of talking.

"One of the things I love about this genre is unlike Harry Potter, where there was a through line, where there was an overarching story, a beginning and end, you are talking about discreet stories.

Find a mentor or someone discreet you can talk to when you feel overwhelmed by the hurt.