| He was aflutter with both excitement and anger, so his normally sharp and tactful mind was scattered and unfocused. |
| Inevitably the postelection media were full of tactful equivocations, brave faces and the search for silver linings. |
| This can be done most effectively, and most deniably, by discreet activities, sufficiently tactful to avoid provoking response. |
| But I also liked how he was direct about the age thing, candid but tactful. |
| Natural light floods in from a slot cut into the apex of the pitched roof and tactful spotlighting emphasizes particular pieces. |
| I gasped, and ever since I have been brooding on the most tactful way to put it. |
