How to Use discretion in a Sentence

discretion

noun
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  • Each artist in the gallery has discretion over the price that will be charged for his or her work.
  • The coach used his own discretion to let the injured quarterback play.
  • He always uses care and discretion when dealing with others.
  • She handled the awkward situation with great discretion.
  • The nature of the concept will be at the discretion of the artist.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The rareness and the discretion are an important part of the DNA of Cristaseya.
    — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The law leaves much of the discretion to the courts and the prosecutors.
    — Ralph Chapoco, al, 8 June 2023
  • The judge's discretion ranges from three years and five months to four years and eight months.
    — Veronica Rocha, CNN, 25 June 2021
  • The items and the rates would be at the president's discretion.
    — Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner, 9 Feb. 2020
  • The discretion here is broad, and expect it to be used.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 May 2021
  • Those funds in-turn could be used at the body’s discretion.
    — Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The problem was that the law did not give me the discretion to do anything.
    — Judge Ladoris Hazzard Cordell, PEOPLE.com, 26 Oct. 2021
  • But this is entirely up to the discretion of the agents.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2023
  • Teams are leaving the distance of travel up to the discretion of the scouts.
    — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2020
  • So a may-issue regime gives the state a lot of discretion over who gets the permit.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 23 June 2022
  • The ministry urged discretion to protect those still in the hands of the gang members.
    — New York Times, 21 Nov. 2021
  • Camels can and do scale rapidly, but at the Founders discretion.
    — Alex Lazarow, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
  • State law has changed to allow judges greater discretion on adding the prison time.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The club can add nine players to its 60-man pool at its discretion.
    — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 29 June 2020
  • These days his clients prefer the discretion of a black sedan or SUV.
    — Jesus Jiménez, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Y’all are going to want to read this with some discretion.
    — Kim Hyatt, Twin Cities, 3 June 2019
  • Once these 2 facts are proven, the law does not allow the Court any discretion about how to respond.
    — Shawn Nottingham, CNN, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Ice rinks will be filled based on the discretion of park district staff.
    — Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2020
  • The video can be released at any time under the chief’s discretion.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2020
  • And that is a tremendous amount of power and discretion.
    — Kelsey Micklas, CBS News, 18 June 2020
  • The rest will resume their tests at their district’s discretion at some point over the next five weeks.
    — Emily Donaldson, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Patrons can make the call on certain design changes, to a point, per the artists’ discretion.
    — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 3 July 2018
  • The maximum penalty can be as high as life in prison, at the judge's discretion.
    — Rebecca Boone, Fox News, 30 Apr. 2022
  • The maximum penalty can be as high as life in prison, at the judge’s discretion.
    — Rebecca Boone, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2022
  • After all, one of the most important skills of a cook for hire is discretion.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 26 July 2023

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