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Example sentences for "circumspection"

Lexicographically close words:
circumscribed; circumscribes; circumscribing; circumscription; circumspect; circumspectly; circumstance; circumstanced; circumstances; circumstantial
  1. I hev hearn the news,' she said, her long lashes falling, and with quiet circumspection at variance with the triumph in her face.

  2. She followed his emotions dubiously, as he took from the mantelpiece a tallow dip in an old pewter candlestick, and with slow circumspection lighted the sputtering wick.

  3. Nothing requires circumspection so minute as the choice of a guardian to a girl of large fortune, and in general one thing only is attended to, an appearance of property.

  4. But reserve and circumspection have an end.

  5. Much more, then, Should one upon whose priceless presence here Such issues hang, so many strivers lean, Use average circumspection at an hour So critical for us all.

  6. At this moment, the queen entered the Assembly vestibule in the retinue of the king.

  7. Footnote 14: I here call attention to the instructions of Frederick the Great on this subject, as well as to the circumspection with which General J.

  8. As regards all those operations which depend on surprise, the circumspection of the Leader becomes the decisive factor.

  9. And the Circumspection to be used in such Cases ought to be proportioned to the Interest the Assistant takes in the Preservation of the Patient; and that Love of his Neighbour with which he is animated.

  10. He used the same careful judgment and circumspection about the education of his son that he employed in all business matters.

  11. St. Catherine's; which is a degree of heat that, were it not authorised by the regularity and circumspection with which the observations seem to have been made, would appear altogether incredible.

  12. The agent used none of the circumspection Baker had considered necessary, but rode openly into camp and asked for Bob.

  13. With considerable circumspection they drew near and disappeared within the little tool house.

  14. It advised circumspection in the matter; but commanded a full report on the facts.

  15. When it shall please God to bring thee to man's estate," says Sir Philip Sidney, "use great providence and circumspection in choosing thy wife.

  16. I would not my unhoused free condition Put into circumspection and confine, For the sea's worth.

  17. Grotius himself acquaints us, that he used great circumspection in writing news to the High Chancellor[550].

  18. Stephen continued with greater circumspection "You couldn't get the old boy to finish by Wednesday, I suppose?

  19. The critical posture of the European powers will engage a due portion of our attention, and we shall be ready to adopt any measures which a prudent circumspection may suggest for the preservation of the blessings of peace.

  20. My purpose was surely laudable, and yet on leaving the house and returning to it, I was obliged to use the vigilance and circumspection of a thief.

  21. He had acted on all occasions with a circumspection which was not natural to him, and for which he undeniably deserved great credit.

  22. Now came the delicate point of management--how the two rival parties were to conduct their visit to the village with proper circumspection and due decorum.

  23. Who had been so blind as not to see that a wife must, in common loyalty, bring circumspection and a careful drawing of limits?

  24. People sat at small tables, and the general impression was one of circumspection and withdrawal.


  25. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "circumspection" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    anticipation; attention; calculation; care; carefulness; caution; concern; consideration; creeping; deliberateness; deliberation; discretion; discrimination; drawl; foresight; forethought; hedge; hedging; heed; hesitation; idleness; indolence; inertia; judgment; judiciousness; languor; laziness; policy; polity; precaution; preparedness; prudence; reflection; regard; reluctance; sloth; solicitude; thoroughness; thoughtfulness