Sentence examples for proper discreet from inspiring English sources
Those familiar with the workings of the United Nations must ask: Why should drowsy diplomats and sleepy civil servants seek out Ambassador Alain Dejammet's napping nooks ("12 Places to Get 40 Winks: A Guide for Diplomats," United Nations Journal, April 12) when they can repair to the United Nations Medical Service for a proper, discreet sleep in one of its "resting rooms"?
Overall, it is proper and discreet to state "for the first time".
But this being India, the discreet entanglements are never short of proper.
The Code of Virginia requires that the court appoint a "discreet and competent attorney-at-law" or "some other discreet and proper person" to serve as GAL to protect the interests of a person under a disability. 1 (Va. Code § 8.01 9 [Cum Supp 1998]. Va. Code § 16.1 268).
Such an attachment of ribosomes to the IM may occur at discreet sites on the membrane to insure the entry of proteins in a defined orientation for proper assembly of membrane structures.
Discreet, efficient, ruthless.
"They were very discreet".
Chaste passion, discreet violence.
