How to Use discretion in a Sentence

discretion

noun
  • 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.
  • Charvet’s ethos is about discretion, but the clothes are not dull.
    — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The judge's discretion ranges from three years and five months to four years and eight months.
    — Veronica Rocha, CNN, 25 June 2021
  • Ice rinks will be filled based on the discretion of park district staff.
    — Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2020
  • More healthy hair on his head than healthy discretion between his ears.
    — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 15 Dec. 2019
  • Tips at those clubs are at the discretion of members.
    — Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 13 June 2026
  • For all its scale, the house was sited for discretion.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
  • The judges have far too much discretion in these matters.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2026
  • State law has changed to allow judges greater discretion on adding the prison time.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
  • And so there’s an enormous amount of discretion at the front end of this process.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Counties and states could opt in at their discretion.
    — Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2025
  • This is all about discretion and solace.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The nature of the concept will be at the discretion of the artist.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The problem was that the law did not give me the discretion to do anything.
    — Judge Ladoris Hazzard Cordell, PEOPLE.com, 26 Oct. 2021
  • 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 video can be released at any time under the chief’s discretion.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Camels can and do scale rapidly, but at the Founders discretion.
    — Alex Lazarow, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
  • The club can add nine players to its 60-man pool at its discretion.
    — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 29 June 2020
  • Full meals may also be sold and priced at the restaurant’s discretion.
    — The Courier-Journal, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The items and the rates would be at the president's discretion.
    — Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner, 9 Feb. 2020
  • In that scenario, the seller has much wider discretion about whom to sell to and for what price.
    — Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • In that scenario, the seller has much wider discretion about whom to sell to and for what price.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In that scenario, the seller has much wider discretion about whom to sell to and for what price.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 13 May 2025
  • 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
  • But other states give judges discretion.
    — Sativa Banks, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
  • The discretion is a side effect of what many would consider a dream gig.
    — David Ferry, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 June 2018
  • The impact of amicus briefs is thus at the discretion of the court.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 June 2025

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