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.
• The room scans were visible to other students and were left to the discretion of professors, the lawsuit said.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2022
• All of which goes back to the question of prosecutorial discretion.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022
• Freelancing also gives them the discretion to pursue more meaningful work.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
• All earnings from those eight wagers arrive in cash form, providing you the freedom to withdraw or reinvest all money at your discretion.
  — Xl Media, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2022
• To take these resources and apply them here, certainly, the American public wants to make certain this is not an abuse of discretion.
  — CBS News, 21 Aug. 2022
• Officials do get to use their own discretion to determine when a technical is given or an ejection is warranted based solely on words.
  — James L. Edwards Iii, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
• That said, there's a difference between destructive secrecy and healthy discretion.
  — Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2022
• Wu said the city of Boston is continuing to allow hybrid work at managers’ discretion, and students in the city’s public schools who are late for class will not be penalized.
  — Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022
• The special election schedule is at the Florida governor's discretion.
  — Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2024
• Now, although the market is still competitive, the increase in available housing supply means that buyers can exercise a little more discretion.
  — oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2022
• But there is also the useful notion of prosecutorial discretion, which often is about recognizing a larger public good.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022
• The nature of the concept will be at the discretion of the artist.
  — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2022
• The rareness and the discretion are an important part of the DNA of Cristaseya.
  — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2023
• The law leaves much of the discretion to the courts and the prosecutors.
  — Ralph Chapoco, al, 8 June 2023
• The judge's discretion ranges from three years and five months to four years and eight months.
  — Veronica Rocha, CNN, 25 June 2021
• The items and the rates would be at the president's discretion.
  — Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner, 9 Feb. 2020
• The discretion here is broad, and expect it to be used.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 May 2021
• Those funds in-turn could be used at the body’s discretion.
  — Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
• The problem was that the law did not give me the discretion to do anything.
  — Judge Ladoris Hazzard Cordell, PEOPLE.com, 26 Oct. 2021
• But this is entirely up to the discretion of the agents.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2023
• Teams are leaving the distance of travel up to the discretion of the scouts.
  — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2020
• 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 ministry urged discretion to protect those still in the hands of the gang members.
  — New York Times, 21 Nov. 2021
• Camels can and do scale rapidly, but at the Founders discretion.
  — Alex Lazarow, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
• State law has changed to allow judges greater discretion on adding the prison time.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
• The club can add nine players to its 60-man pool at its discretion.
  — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 29 June 2020

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024