Sentence examples for some tact from inspiring English sources

But you would think that he would have some tact.

Usually the situation is handled with some tact, (Ms. Taylor offered, "We love your style, but you make mistakes in concert") but the involvement of a residency, like shared property, is thorny.

A little constructive criticism -- and some tact -- goes a long way.

These should not be alarm bells to any border official, but if you are going to question me please employ some tact.

I know that this is coming across as total dickishness and that I should just be all, "Let them wear what they want to wear and who cares if they're Jewish, this is about freedom and blah blah," but in dealing with issues as volatile and important as the one of marriage equality, some tact must be used.

They are delivering a blunt message, in words that have lost some of the tact for which their nation is famous: "You made the rules.

The very next day, on a flight back to Madras, Rajaji wrote a short and supportive letter to the new president, displaying some of the tact and pragmatism that once earned him the description of "the wisest man in India".

No one can know what really goes on in a marriage other than those involved, and the amount of intrusion – to say nothing of tragedy – endured by Frieda Hughes and her late father surely merits them some understanding and tact.

"I plead the fifth, really," D'Angelo said, when asked what he thought of the label that came to define his sound (the man who coined it, then-Motown exec Kedar Massenburg, was in the audience, which may explain some of his tact).

But some have more tact than others.

Although some measure of tact and caution is advisable (chanting "Burn! Baby, Burn!" during Journal Club would not be a good example), I have found that most graduate students and postdocs are overly worried about their adviser's reaction.