INDISCRETION in a Sentence

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1. He had committed a minor sexual indiscretion.
2. I daresay you know, like everybody else, that once, many years ago, I was guilty of an indiscretion.
3. Boris inquired what news there might be on the staff, and what, without indiscretion, one might ask about our plans.
4. I am fully convinced that the story which led me to commit this indiscretion is absolutely false and unworthy of you.
5. Without uttering a word, they bandaged his eyes with a care that showed their apprehensions of his committing some indiscretion.

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 Meanings and Examples of INDISCRETION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
indiscretion
 n.  lack of sound judgment; lack of discretion
Classic Sentence:
1  Without uttering a word, they bandaged his eyes with a care that showed their apprehensions of his committing some indiscretion.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
2  I daresay you know, like everybody else, that once, many years ago, I was guilty of an indiscretion.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT I
3  Yet there must have been some marked display of attentions to her cousin, there must have been some strong indiscretion, since her correspondent was not of a sort to regard a slight one.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
4  Boris inquired what news there might be on the staff, and what, without indiscretion, one might ask about our plans.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII
5  There were a thousand chances to one against her meeting anybody, but one could never tell, and she always paid for her rare indiscretions by a violent reaction of prudence.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 1
6  How could he forget that in his Island days, Queequeg, for one, must certainly have been guilty of some murderous, convivial indiscretions.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 34. The Cabin-Table.
Example Sentence:
1  I am fully convinced that the story which led me to commit this indiscretion is absolutely false and unworthy of you.
2  He had committed a minor sexual indiscretion.