Sentence examples similar to tactful phrasing from inspiring English sources
Bonhams responded to Sir Anthony's claims that it never had legs by saying, "that is not the recollection of the trust's staff who dealt with the installation of the piece", a tactful phrase which tactfully conceals exactly whose reputation it is sparing.
Instead, you should voluntarily tell him how much you've enjoyed living in your apartment, despite some drawbacks, preceding your account of the psychics with this tactful phrase: "As I'm sure our landlady mentioned.... " By the way -- with psychics downstairs, why are you seeking advice from me?
In reading some of your company's materials, I came across this phrase: "tactful audacity".
English meat pies, says William So, groping for a tactful way to phrase this, "are dry and have no flavour".
Come again?" This phrase is a tactful warning shot, and let's you know you are treading on dangerous ground.
The tactful substitution preceded the most original phrase in the speech, pointing to the end of the path of all those isms: "history's unmarked grave of discarded lies".
Use the tactful, positive, or neutral word rather than the potentially offensive or negative phrasing.
Describing himself as "a tactful child -- which is to say a delicate and habitual liar," Robertson improved on the phrase when he went on to say, "I have a great regard for the truth, so much so that I only produce it upon special occasions".
