Sentence examples for whereas tact from inspiring English sources
"Politeness requires that you quickly close the door and say, 'Pardon, Madame!', whereas tact would be to quickly close the door and say: 'Pardon, Monsieur!'" "It is only in the second case," explained philosopher Slavoj Žižek recently, "by pretending not to have seen enough even to make out the sex of the person under the shower, that one displays true tact".
The proportion of CD4+ T cells classified as Treg in this study ranged from 1.7 to 10.4% whereas, the proportion of CD4+ T cells classified as Tact ranged from 5.3 to 44.8%.
These analyses revealed that the expression levels of CD25 and CD127 are comparable on Treg in different age groups whereas minor changes in the expression of both markers on Tact were observed in the youngest age group.
The matter required tact.
You applaud him for his bravery and tact.
This calls for immense reserves of patience and tact.
But you would think that he would have some tact.
