Sentence examples for overly discreet from inspiring English sources
After years of ineffectual and perhaps overly discreet grumbling about Chinese hacking, American officials are finally forcing the issue.The prospects for effective public diplomacy on hacking appear grim.
In a recent article in The New York Times, Tod Williams, who designed the building with his wife, Billie Tsien, admitted that the building's facade might have been overly discreet, especially for an institution situated in the shadow of the Museum of Modern Art.
"I know that those who know me would probably describe me as, by nature, overly opinionated and sometimes not as discreet as I should be".
He was discreet (both he and Pears were careful not to be overly affectionate in public), but everyone knew.
We shall draw a discreet veil over the sweet-potato fries (why, why, why?), but the overly dense, if juicy, patty lacked the lubricious, bangingly beefy quality of the best contemporary burgers.
The food is not overly spicy or exotic — spaghetti in Rome, pizza in Naples; the religion not uncomfortably, you know, religious; and the sex discreet almost to the point of invisibility.
Discreet, efficient, ruthless.
"They were very discreet".
