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 nature of the concept will be at the discretion of the artist.
  — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2022
• The law leaves much of the discretion to the courts and the prosecutors.
  — Ralph Chapoco, al, 8 June 2023
• The items and the rates would be at the president's discretion.
  — Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner, 9 Feb. 2020
• The problem was that the law did not give me the discretion to do anything.
  — Judge Ladoris Hazzard Cordell, PEOPLE.com, 26 Oct. 2021
• The discretion here is broad, and expect it to be used.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 May 2021
• But this is entirely up to the discretion of the agents.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 24 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
• Teams are leaving the distance of travel up to the discretion of the scouts.
  — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2020
• Those funds in-turn could be used at the body’s discretion.
  — Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
• The ministry urged discretion to protect those still in the hands of the gang members.
  — New York Times, 21 Nov. 2021
• State law has changed to allow judges greater discretion on adding the prison time.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
• 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
• Ice rinks will be filled based on the discretion of park district staff.
  — Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2020
• And that is a tremendous amount of power and discretion.
  — Kelsey Micklas, CBS News, 18 June 2020
• Y’all are going to want to read this with some discretion.
  — Kim Hyatt, Twin Cities, 3 June 2019
• The video can be released at any time under the chief’s discretion.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2020
• But that practice is at the discretion of the committee chairs.
  — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2021
• The discretion is a side effect of what many would consider a dream gig.
  — David Ferry, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 June 2018
• Camels can and do scale rapidly, but at the Founders discretion.
  — Alex Lazarow, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
• The law has to contain enough discretion to rule favorably for their ward.
  — Cincinnati.com, 3 May 2017
• More healthy hair on his head than healthy discretion between his ears.
  — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 15 Dec. 2019
• They could be bought and sold at their owners’ discretion.
  — National Geographic, 13 Aug. 2019
• Rules are also subject to change at the team’s discretion.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 31 July 2023
• Full meals may also be sold and priced at the restaurant’s discretion.
  — The Courier-Journal, 5 Oct. 2022
• After all, one of the most important skills of a cook for hire is discretion.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
• 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

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024