| I gasped, and ever since I have been brooding on the most tactful way to put it. |
| Some people are going to be disappointed, so I have been as tactful and constructive as possible. |
| A polite tongue provided a shield of tactful silence and banal pleasantries that staved off needless provocation and harm. |
| There may be room for the assertion that the bailiff was not tactful and that his firmness and size intimidated those in that room. |
| This can be done most effectively, and most deniably, by discreet activities, sufficiently tactful to avoid provoking response. |
| He was aflutter with both excitement and anger, so his normally sharp and tactful mind was scattered and unfocused. |
