Bard Du Pont was the most prolific of the lot, "and we were all very impressed with his productivity," Grace recalled tactfully, "but none of us could stand listening to his lyrics." ❋ Rowes, Barbara (1980)
No doubt the day by day wholesale slaughter of families and their homes was also done 'tactfully'. ❋ Unknown (2009)
She'll be immense -- "tactfully" immense, with Father about it -- she'll manage that, for herself and for him, all right; but where the iron will enter into her will be at the thought of her having for so long given raison, as they say in Paris -- or as poor Lorraine at least says they say -- to a couple like Maria and Tom Price. ❋ William Dean Howells (1878)
I thought, "I don't know these people very well …. how am I going to say something 'tactfully'. ❋ Womanvsfeminist (2010)
I take from Busquets that a sustainable city also tactfully manages the transition from rural to urban, from country to city. ❋ Charles R. Wolfe (2011)
Early in 1999, they invited me to audition for the job, along with several other people whose names they, tactfully, would not disclose. ❋ Unknown (2010)
She looked around for her Italian friend—her fellow fervent striker—but Bella had tactfully slipped away, to let the sisters talk by themselves. ❋ Margaret Peterson Haddix (2011)
However tactfully an adult may push them towards discoveries in literature, these do not have quite the treasure trove value of the books picked up wholly by accident. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Even President Barack Obama , who awarded Ms. Merkel the Presidential Medal of Freedom on June 7 while showering praise on her, tactfully suggested Germany could be doing more to help out with international conflicts. ❋ Marcus Walker (2011)
On another hand, airBaltic [Disclosure: SimpliFlying client] is tactfully handling customer service issues through Twitter. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Slipping tactfully past the grimmer bits Basingstoke, Falkirk, it announces that "travel in Britain is a breeze", that the West Country generally has reliable weather and that Glasgow is "the country's best place to eat". ❋ Unknown (2011)
"It cannot have sunk, surely," the Ancient Mariner would tactfully carry across the forbidding pause. ❋ Unknown (2010)
And as tactfully as he could, he warned her again, “The treatment could hurt you more than it helps.” ❋ Anonymous (2011)
As for Blair: "You can't be fully selfish in a family," is how he put it in A Journey, tactfully not spelling out the implications for less fertile people. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Now, how to present this tactfully depends on the age of the students. ❋ Unknown (2010)
My grandfather, for whom I made the cake, and who I think was suspicious after seeing it that something was not quite right, although he tactfully did not let on, declared after taking a bite that, "icing is better than cake anyway." ❋ Ph.D. Margaret Cochran (2011)
"It was brave of you to help Arthur the way you did — and you a stranger," she said tactfully, aware of his discomfiture though not of the reason for it. ❋ Unknown (2010)
It's based upon a Norse legend – the alternative title is The Amulet – though the libretto, which Coleridge-Taylor wrote himself, is evidently problematic, and has been tactfully edited by the director Christopher Cowell for this production. ❋ Unknown (2012)
