INDISCREET in a Sentence

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She was persuaded to believe the engagement a wrong thing: indiscreet, improper, hardly capable of success, and not deserving it.

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 Meanings and Examples of INDISCREET
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
indiscreet
 a.  lacking discretion; injudicious
Classic Sentence:
1  Once, she whispered, she was going by when an indiscreet window-shade had been left up a couple of inches.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
2  If Carol was so indiscreet as to murmur that she had a small headache, instantly the two Smails and Kennicott were at it.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
3  He visited me several times after that and each time I was indiscreet.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In III
4  She was persuaded to believe the engagement a wrong thing: indiscreet, improper, hardly capable of success, and not deserving it.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
5  Yeobright had enunciated the word "her" with a fervour which, in conversation with a mother, was absurdly indiscreet.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
6  No, sir, we have strong reason to believe that he already understands that he has acted in an indiscreet and hot-headed manner.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
7  The indiscreet touch of a glance brutalizes this vague penumbra.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—DAWN
8  Vain and indiscreet, it was as easy to see through him as through a crystal.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 7 THE INTERIOR* OF THE MUSKETEERS
9  Women are very indiscreet, my sister.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 50 CHAT BETWEEN BROTHER AND SISTER
10  "It is not indiscreet," returned Morcerf, with the simplicity of conviction.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 41. The Presentation.
11  "She's got an indiscreet voice," I remarked.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
Example Sentence:
1  An indiscreet remark triggered off a long and costly strike.