Sentence examples for if discreet from inspiring English sources

From the start Mr. Zhao's camera is an acknowledged, if discreet, presence.

A few years ago, politicians in Japan's governing party maintained warm, if discreet, contacts with North Korea's representatives here.

Since these two are not strangers, they cannot be experiencing love at first sight, even if discreet sparks fly between them.

Yet the senior Saudi imam delivering the sermon from Islam's holiest mosque in Mecca, broadcast live, presented a rare if discreet criticism of Saudi royal policy.

Maud's specialty is Christabel LaMotte, a contemporary of Ash whose independence of spirit and unapologetic if discreet lesbianism have made her a latter-day feminist heroine.

Despite his demotion from the revolutionary leadership and later house arrest, he remains an influential religious and political figure with a large, if discreet, following.

Mr. Fiumara was nothing if not discreet.

It is of course rare to see an actor in the moments just before they tread the boards but Annand is nothing if not discreet.

An increasingly influential, if not discreet, troubleshooter on global financial matters, Mr. Carney had become an active participant at Downing Street's crisis huddles in late 2008.

Just as intriguing, though, if more discreet, is the ancillary installation at the rear of the gallery, a collection of patchwork teddies and wraithlike mannequins made out of cloth, their extrusions of tulle and silvery techno-fabrics lending them an otherworldly air.

Guzman was nothing if not discreet.