How to Use prudence in a Sentence

prudence

noun
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  • He always exercises prudence with his finances.
  • But the Redskins so far don’t see the prudence of pulling the trigger now.
    — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Coach Erik Spoelstra said prudence required the team to give Lowry the past week off.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2022
  • But Trump has thrown prudence and discretion in dealing with the Fed to the winds.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2019
  • But Hunt handles it with prudence and skill in Across Five Aprils.
    — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 13 Feb. 2022
  • But fiscal and monetary prudence has to be a key part of the package.
    — Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The one that looks killer — guaranteed to score a date, yet worn with extreme prudence.
    — Janine Schaults, chicagotribune.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • The $7 million was approved out of an abundance of prudence.
    — Bob Warren, NOLA.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • But with the club’s gross debt now over $1 billion, that is no way to advocate for prudence.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Let’s hope the politicians respond with equal prudence.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Milder slowdowns have scared the government off the path of prudence before.
    — The Economist, 14 June 2018
  • It is said that speed kills, but that prudence and a will to survive can dissuade the Grim Reaper from doing his thing.
    — latimes.com, 12 July 2018
  • Mark was more than suited for the task with his attention to detail and prudence.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2022
  • But over the past few years consumers across the region have done their best to prove that prudence was perhaps just a passing phase.
    — The Economist, 2 Nov. 2017
  • John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan are preaching patience and prudence, of course.
    — Ailene Voisin, sacbee, 6 Jan. 2018
  • By dint of prudence and a few passes at the dog races, Mrs. Harris just might raise the dosh for a junket across the Channel and a shopping spree.
    — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 12 July 2022
  • But, as has been the case with his knee issues over the last four-plus seasons, Oladipo said prudence had to be the priority.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2022
  • But the wheel of (well-timed) absences well could continue to spin this season, as a matter of prudence.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Pro-lifers should respond to this defeat with courage and prudence.
    — The Editors, National Review, 4 Aug. 2022
  • It’s most often achieved through patience and prudence.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2023
  • In this case, FDA prudence could be perceived as a positive.
    — Catherine Ho, SFChronicle.com, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Most Labour MPs went along with this prudence, which explains the size of the government’s victory.
    — John O'Sullivan, National Review, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Many of the states, thus, have been forced to give fiscal prudence a pass, ballooning their overall debt burden to a 15-year high.
    — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The government’s record on fiscal prudence, too, is patchy.
    — Vk Vijayakumar, Quartz India, 1 July 2019
  • What was a matter of timing became a matter of prudence.
    — Keshia Naurana Badalge, Longreads, 19 July 2022
  • Barany began off the record, trying again to convince Florence of the prudence of a settlement.
    — Bryce Covert, The New Republic, 5 July 2022
  • On those private planes, a little prudence is in order.
    — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 29 Sep. 2017
  • And at this point, asking for even a tiny bit more prudence and patience is simply screaming into the void.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Her only success was to make Johnson look like a model of prudence.
    — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2022
  • His father, Kay Mineta, had based his own livelihood on the prudence of his customers.
    — Wire Reports, oregonlive, 3 May 2022

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