He was gifted with a special bent for diplomacy, and he prided himself with justice on the skill and tact with which he handled such questions.
The earl, who had ample tact where his consummate selfishness did not warp it, knew well how to act the lover, without running ridiculously into the folly of seeming to play the hoary dangler.
Mabel was not a marvel of tact and Jane felt that here was a situation that must be handled delicately.
Jane left Breck rapt in admiration for a girl who was alive and interested in everything and thoroughly feminine, but had tact enough to keep from trying to divine some one else's secret.
Pippo, who had that useful tact which enables a man to measure his own estimation with others, was not slow to perceive that the more enlightened part of his audience began to tire of this pretending buffoonery.
Adelheid possessed too much intellectual tact to have recourse to the every-day language of consolation.
He was so entertaining, so sympathetic; he had such delicate tactand charm.
And he had none of the tact of an accomplished man of the world.
Neither tactnor wariness was required for the moment.
Mars himself and obtain the munificent reward whilst I, after I had taken so many risks and used all the brains and tact wherewith Nature had endowed me, would be left with the meagre remnants of the fifty francs which M.
Ratichon, smiling with kindly indulgence on the struggles and the blunders of my younger colleagues, oft consulted by them in matters that require special tact and discretion.
He was, however, a man of tact and with a pleasant manner.
Goodness knows I have striven with all my little stock of tact to avoid doing so.
And up to the present time all have shown so much tact in their choice, that nothing like a scandal has ever occurred.
With a tact for which she had not given him credit, and did not now value aright, he refrained from any direct reference to their altered relation until they were returning homeward.
Tact is the faculty you need now--the faculty of judging men, of knowing when they will rise to an appeal, and when they will lie back inert and uninterested.
Etiquette compelled him to do so; for the allies were still negotiating with Napoleon; and his own tact warned him that the Bourbons must never come into France under the cloak of the allies.
It was removed only by the labours of Stadion and by the tact which Metternich displayed during an interview with the Czar at Opotschna (June 17th).
In quick succession the smaller States gave in their adhesion; and thus the coalition which tact and diplomacy had dissolved was revivified by the fears which the mighty warrior aroused.
None of our statesmen had the Latin tact and the histrionic gifts needful to fathom his guile, to arouse the public opinion of Europe against him, or to expose his double-dealing.
On the present occasion, the secretary, with the tact of a man of experience, felt that his presence might be dispensed with; and he cut short the discussion between the two admirals, by a very timely remark of his own.
The latter, perceiving that his relation did not seem disposed to converse, had the tact to be silent himself; a task that was less difficult than common, on account of the interest he felt in the spectacle.
Tact in the handling of large classes, with children of differing temperament and capacity, and the encouragement of timid children.
With tact and good-breeding, and, above all, entirely without superfluous words, I blamed myself for all that had happened.
Moreover, it was, as it were, an accepted idea among us that Zverkov was a specialist in regard to tact and the social graces.
Hannibal, who had always much tact in discovering which way the wind blew, was taking a walk in the morning, when his eyes getting suddenly filled with dust, caused him to see a point that had hitherto escaped him.
The Custom House of the marriage state is, of all the expedients prescribed in this second part, that which perhaps demands the most tact and the most skill as well as the most knowledge acquired a priori, that is to say before marriage.
Metternich prolongs his statu quo; but we would advise you to do so with more tact and with still more tenderness; for your wife is more crafty than all the Germans put together, and as voluptuous as the Italians.
This friend, whose memory will always be dear to me, taught me by his example to put into practice those diplomatic stratagems which requiretact as well as grace.
Our task would be far above the power of human intelligence if it consisted in enumerating the different ways by which men betray their feelings, the discernment of such things is purely a matter of tact and sentiment.
The tact with which celibates discover the moment when the breeze begins to rise in a new home can only be compared to the indifference of those husbands for whom the Red-moon rises.
These little conjugal scenes are so full of vivacity, of tact and address that it is a pleasure to take part in them.
Our friend Furley," Julian confided, as he leaned across the table and took a cigarette, "has no tact and many prejudices.
The tact and discretion of Captain Wade smoothed down all difficulties.
He had seen and conversed with Shah Soojah at Loodhianah, and declared his conviction that the exiled Prince had not energy sufficient to empower him to regain his throne, or tact sufficient to enable him to keep it.
He has his own people to see, and besides that he has too much tact to intrude upon a fellow's first days at home.
This Barbara had done, and with such art and tact that not even Bora suspected the pardonable, if not altogether innocent manoeuvre by which she had contrived to secure her rights.
Few families of children indeed had more care bestowed upon them, and no one can fail to admire the good sense and tact of a mother who with such rare skill contributed to the happiness of her little brood.
All Ellen Terry's tact did not suffice to save this insipid Rosamund.
How important to the delineation of this character, and how suggestive, is everything she says--even her most trifling remarks; with what tact and cleverness are her very silences contrived!
Miss Nightingale was not one of those persons who keep their tact and kindly consideration for the outside world and think indolent indifference or rough candour good enough for the family circle.
The masses have no tact or delicacy, they do not comprehend shades, and refinements of morals and manners.
Punishment, and even criticism, are dangerous weapons, to be used, if at all, with a tact and skill that make one tremble to think of!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tact" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
