How to Use prudent in a Sentence

prudent

adjective

• You made a prudent choice.
• He always listened to her prudent advice.
• The latter would be at once the courageous and the prudent course.
  — David Bromwich, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
• This is the wise and prudent course for any baseball fan.
  — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 8 Apr. 2018
• When that happened, the prudent thing to do was shut it down.
  — Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Oct. 2021
• But that wouldn’t have been prudent, because the Post has a union.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 21 July 2021
• When the chance comes to climb the ladder to a bigger league, the prudent coach starts packing.
  — Timothy Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 1 July 2018
• On the one hand, the urgency to prepare for the fall may be prudent.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 4 May 2022
• Of course, there are prudent steps to take when planting.
  — Catie Marron, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
• But Lloyd points out the founder's drinking was prudent, too.
  — The Washington Post, AL.com, 22 Feb. 2018
• The prudent thing to do was to walk Judge, and Schreiber did so on five cautious pitches.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2022
• The prudent thing to do would have been to write Steve Jobs’ obituary well ahead of his death.
  — Steven Levy, Wired, 5 Oct. 2021
• For now, the Spurs appear prudent taking the wait-and-see approach.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Dec. 2021
• The most prudent thing to do is wait and see what impact all the record increases to date have had.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
• The Cowboys had more turnovers and penalties than were prudent.
  — Dallas News, 22 Jan. 2023
• The prudent thing to do would be to go ahead and file an official report.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
• So it’s still about being prudent and thoughtful about what the deal is.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022
• As long as the smoke alarms work and the fire escapes aren't boarded up, that also seems prudent.
  — Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2020
• A little bit of lottery luck may be the team's most prudent path back to contention.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 28 Mar. 2023
• Top Stories By now, Catholics have come to expect — and the more prudent, to ignore — these episodes.
  — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 24 Dec. 2023
• Engaging an outside partner to come in and help was the prudent thing to do.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Apr. 2022
• With the Buckeyes getting the ball back to start the second half, that seemed like a prudent decision.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2021
• But there also has to be a prudent, consistent plan in place for how to go about it.
  — Mark Maske, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2017
• So Shell has to coax investors along with a mix of hard cash and prudent investments.
  — The Economist, 4 July 2019
• Maybe this was just the prudent move for a guy who hasn’t faced hitters in 37 days and was inactive over the weekend.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 6 June 2023
• In an era of rising seas, we are primed to think of coastal protections as prudent.
  — Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
• The Toyota twins were quite prudent around town and steady on the highway, however.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 15 Apr. 2023
• If there is any uncertainty as to what’s wrong, a call to 911 is most prudent.
  — Danielle Wilhour, Fortune Well, 9 Aug. 2023
• Beyond that, setting aside a sliver of your cash for a rainy day is prudent.
  — Suchita Nayar, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
• Testing the first ship before buying more of them would be prudent.
  — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 16 June 2022

Last Updated: 23 Apr 2024