How To Use Circumspect In A Sentence

This relationship is also honest, but you keep it a bit more circumspect because you know this person is going to follow in your footsteps. Christianity Today
He chased the unmigratory tropi-ducks from their shrewd-hidden nests, walked circumspectly among the crocodiles hauled out of water for slumber, and crept under the jungle-roof and spied upon the snow-white saucy cockatoos, the fierce ospreys, the heavy-flighted buzzards, the lories and kingfishers, and the absurdly garrulous little pygmy parrots. CHAPTER XV
Stevie is obvious in his affections for his fellow investigators; Moore is much more circumspect. 12. The Alienist by Caleb Carr
While he is always friendly, even jovial in a blokeish high-fiving way (his English having got better as my French gets worse) he tends to be infuriatingly circumspect and diplomatic.
The frequentation of courts checks this petulancy of manners; the good-breeding and circumspection which are necessary, and only to be learned there, correct those pertnesses. Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman

This circumspect approach has served the company well in the past. Times, Sunday Times
If you are observant you can get little glimpses into their lives by watching and listening circumspectly.
People are more circumspect about claiming that new technologies will revolutionize the world.
He'll have to be a bit more circumspect with the things he says. Times, Sunday Times
He seems more boyish and youthful than the rather circumspect Sandler.
On theology they enjoy precedence over politicians; on politics they should be circumspect.
Possibly a time trouble error which sheds a pawn, 37 ... f6 being more circumspect.
It would be an act of circumspection to discuss design issues relating to the Sydney Olympic Stadium at any level without first understanding the environment in which the project was to be delivered.
Gates praises Reagan for 'circumspect' use of U.S. military First full Senate health care showdown could happen next week
A revival of departmentalism could reverse that trend and make the court more circumspect, for the better.
The thing was done circumspectly, mind you -- nae high-handedness -- but Belle's folk were about Glen Scaur, a droll wandering band, claiming great descent from Eastern folk, and with horses and dogs and spaewife among them; and Belle (as they will be calling her) was the daughter o 'the Chief, a very proud man. The McBrides A Romance of Arran
I may have to review that, and become much more circumspect.
Then he said that one should approach such issues with careful circumspection and logical evaluation.
I shall not dwell upon the career of Sophia -- who has pursued her life in Paris very wisely, shrewdly, circumspectly, not to say commercially, thus showing how honest bourgeois ancestry can triumph over the flightiest of modern temperaments. Personality in Literature
Of course the circumspection of the local youth had never gone the length of making her a social proscript; for the proportion of those whose hearts, as they approached her, beat only just fast enough to make it a sensible pleasure was sufficient to redeem her maidenly career from failure. Chapter IV
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The difference between us is that you write like a bombastic lecturer and not like a prudent and circumspect lawyer.
Then he turned on his light, circumspectly, directing its rays to the ground at his feet. When the World Was Young
Despite a growth in the number of academics willing to credit games with all these various benefits, there are those who remain circumspect. Times, Sunday Times
Its response: people should trust the police not to prosecute and the government to be circumspect.
They may be more circumspect about public encouragement these days but they continue to sponsor and facilitate his freelance crusade.
Thankfully, Champion is less circumspect. Times, Sunday Times
Was it so peculiar to scan each of these acquaintances respectively with circumspect glances, to do so apprehensively (more apprehensively and yet more often to the male than the female of this brother and sister combination as she, whom he barely knew at all, was nearer and the sexual interest would be more conspicuous), and to let the erumpent odors of both, imagined or real, send him on An Apostate: Nawin of Thais
It would be wiser to be a bit more circumspect. The Sun
I would suggest that for the time being you behave as circumspectly as possible in political matters.
We've yet to pick our candidate, so I've got to be circumspect, but we certainly need a charismatic candidate.
Shirley Tilghman, a research biologist who is now the president of Princeton, made a similar point more circumspectly. How America Can Rise Again
His excellency, having heard the circumstances of the dispute, sent one of his gentlemen to invite the youth to dinner; and after having assured him that he might depend upon his countenance and regard, represented the rashness and impetuosity of his conduct so much to his conviction, that he promised to act more circumspectly for the future, and drop all thoughts of the mousquetaire from that moment. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
He seems more boyish and youthful than the rather circumspect Sandler.
Women were more circumspect, with only one in ten admitting having a sneaky peek. Times, Sunday Times
I would suggest that for the time being you behave as circumspectly as possible in political matters.
It may or may not have been scripted that in pointing out Feinstein's Jewish background and his WASP upbringing, he called his colleague "circumcised" and himself "circumspect. David Finkle: Hot New Night Club Duo: Michael Feinstein and David Hyde Pierce
It would be absurd to compare that Mediterranean passion for music with our own more circumspect attachment to the arts.
Regular contributors are more news-sensitive and circumspect.
Let me put it as circumspectly as I can - the government is culpable, and not just for incompetence.
He began circumspectly, prodding tentatively at the few balls he faced.
This is a very sensitive case requiring extreme circumspection.
The EU's trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson, who was this week negotiating fruitlessly with Chinese officials, has been more circumspect—so far.
And after the sergeant has read aloud an official declaration under the Official Secrets Act, and each one of them has separately signed an impressive form, Amory calls a jaunty Also los, bitte, meine Herren! across the hangar to a squad of policemen in dungarees who promptly lay their ladders against the British Leyland bus and swarm onto the roof, barking orders at each other until, with infinite circumspection, the backdrop is laid like a precious archaeological find on the concrete floor, and unrolled. Absolute Friends
It’s therefore what I might call a clearheaded lunatic, who’s following a definite line of activity and is sufficiently circumspect to take precautions.” Maigret Afraid
I'm confused by your use of the word circumspect, though, in reference to your new location. Ferule & Fescue
[408] "Sicut lex justissima, provida circumspectione sacrorum principum stabilita, hortatur et statuit ut quod omnes tangit ab omnibus approbetur .... A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance
This is a very sensitive case requiring extreme circumspection.
And there was a period throughout the '50s when Ellington products and works were released when Ellington had the opportunity to be more effusive or to at least even acknowledge Strayhorn - when the score to "Paris Blues" was issued or the score to "Anatomy of a Murder" or the score to "Beggar's Holiday" - when he was kind of circumspect about the truth. Billy Strayhorn: Jazz Composer Gets His Due
The governor was usually circumspect when dealing with the media.
So you'd think people might be a little bit more circumspect, especially on that stretch of footpath.
At other times, however, he is more circumspect and admits that this is a hotly disputed issue in biology.
Yes, better to be circumspect and all milquetoasty. The Volokh Conspiracy » Obama Accused of Attempted Murder?
Of course the circumspection of suspicious swains had never gone the length of making her a social proscript; for the number of those whose hearts, as they approached her, beat only just fast enough to remind them they had heads as well, had kept her unacquainted with the supreme disciplines of her sex and age. The Portrait of a Lady
With a trial looming, both media and defendants are usually circumspect about what they say for fear of prejudicing the outcome.
Thankfully, Champion is less circumspect. Times, Sunday Times
The mailings are circumspect -- I reviewed a boxload and found not one direct reference to the upcoming U.S. Lobbying for a better U.S. News ranking
Of course the circumspection of suspicious swains had never gone the length of making her a social proscript; for the number of those whose hearts, as they approached her, beat only just fast enough to remind them they had heads as well, had kept her unacquainted with the supreme discipline of her sex and age. The Portrait of a Lady
This relationship is also honest, but you keep it a bit more circumspect because you know this person is going to follow in your footsteps. Christianity Today
In the third line, her tones became deeper and gloomier; the Knowst thou it, then? was uttered with a show of mystery and eager circumspectness; in the T is there! Chapter I. Book III
Yet another indication of a likelihood of circumspect evasion ? TO HIS JUST DESSERTS
Teenagers led pretty circumspect lives in those days, with far less freedom than their counterparts today.
However, it is possible that this effect may be found wherever Mesozoic faults are exhumed to the sea bed or surface, and exhumation data measured in adjacent fault blocks should be projected across these faults with some circumspection.
This circumspect approach has served the company well in the past. Times, Sunday Times
And I would talk to him about it, and he was kind of circumspect about the whole thing. CNN Transcript May 28, 2008
The second generation of sociobiologists, who are much more circumspect in avoiding some of the brash pronouncements of the 1970s, go under the name of ‘evolutionary psychologists’.
For the mind when it is wary and cautelous, and by way of diligent circumspection turneth herself many ways, may then as well be said to go straight on to the object, as when it useth no such circumspection. Meditations
When a superior commands with over-much gentleness and circumspection, besides the fact that he compromises his authority and causes it to be slighted, he so attracts and attaches his inferior to himself that often unconsciously he robs God of the devotedness which is His due. The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales
This is a very sensitive case requiring extreme circumspection.
And, like Jack, he walked very stiffly on his guard and very circumspectly. CHAPTER XXIX
All the products that I have recommended can be supplied by prompt and circumspect after - sales services .
He seems somewhat circumspect in claiming credit for the triumphs and accepting blame for disasters that unfolded on his watch. Times, Sunday Times
Remember to be circumspect about the fact that the UK has access to the confidential fiches.
He was being very circumspect about the whole thing. BLACK KNIGHTS: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad
(answering to "circumspectly," that is, correctly, in relation to the unbelievers around, not giving occasion of stumbling to any, but edifying all by a consistent walk). not as fools -- Greek, "not as unwise, but as wise. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Investor are now much more circumspect and vigilant, lest more wool is pulled over their eyes by yet another old goat.
A person whose penchant for ceding power to fellow plutocrats even less circumspect than himself might well, in this fabliau, have actually caused our present economic catastrophe. Ned Goldreyer: Walking the Last Mile to Recovery
Peters believes it has to do with his tendency to swing in his tempi changes and to pace laterally in his collected walk, and is circumspect about his final placing.
While Dick Forrest scanned the pamphlet on hog cholera issued by the State of Iowa, through his open windows, across the wide court, began to come sounds of the awakening of the girl who laughed from the wooden frame by his bed and who had left on the floor of his sleeping porch, not so many hours before, the rosy, filmy, lacy, boudoir cap so circumspectly rescued by Oh My. CHAPTER VII
Lastly, there's China, where inflation is higher than reported, where unrest is growing, where real estate companies are in financial trouble, and where official statistics are looked at circumspectly. Robert Lenzner: People Don't Imagine The Worst Until It's Upon Them
All of which is to say, yes, J.H., we should be circumspect about any relationship in which the main activity on the first date is touch-typing.
He even acknowledges that it is useful, and sometimes necessary, to break it, so that it be done with mildness, with modesty, and with circumspection.
The French press has thus far been tactfully circumspect about the assailant's probable ethnic origin, but earlier that morning, the synagogue received this communication: Nous aurons la peau du rabbin Gabriel Farhi et vengerons le sang de nos frères palestiniens. Archive 2003-01-01
“I must work with circumspection in order to reply to their clamors,” he advised Forbes, because if anything went wrong “they would not hesitate to attribute it to the choice of the road.” George Washington’s First War
Bureau files reflect that Senator Stevens made remarks regarding the FBI which caused us to treat him circumspectly in 1954," the memo states. FBI Releases 3,600-Page File On Late Ted Stevens
Rare, indeed, is the Harlem citizen, from the most circumspect church member to the most shiftless adolescent, who does not have a long tale to tell of police incompetence, injustice, or brutality.
I would expect that, when an activity is under threat, some attempt would be made by its supporters to be considerate and circumspect.
She had always considered Mrs. Field a woman of the same rigid circumspectness of attitude, and when she found Jennie calling there she was outwardly calm but inwardly irritated. Jennie Gerhardt
Small wonder then that the Indomitable's Captain, though in general a man of rapid decision, felt that circumspectness not less than promptitude was necessary. Billy Budd
While he proclaims himself content with Perth's relaxed way of life, he's circumspect when asked about his career intentions.
I like the word "circumspect," and all of the synonyms for that word, including, "careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; discreet. Let Your Words be Few
Despite a growth in the number of academics willing to credit games with all these various benefits, there are those who remain circumspect. Times, Sunday Times
But ministers from the conservative Liberal Democratic party were more circumspect in their criticism.
He slowed down as the bathroom came into sight, and walked at a circumspect crawl now.
Bertie went up more circumspectly, hesitating before he put his head above the companionway slide. THE TERRIBLE SOLOMONS
_On the contrary, _ The Apostle says (Eph. 5: 15): "See how you walk cautiously [Douay: 'circumspectly']. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
It was a great pity I had not been more circumspect, for the boy was already too deeply steeped in those Acherontic waters. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860
Let us remain circumspect about that. Times, Sunday Times
Now more than ever, the wise few must proceed cautiously and with circumspection.
The mansion is of that class termed castellated houses, as retaining some of the features of the feudal castle, but accommodated to the more secure and less circumspect usages of a later age. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4
You shall advise me, with the minuteness and circumspectness required by the importance of this matter and my desire for its execution, of what you do, of what is pacified, the means that you employ, and the condition in which it shall be placed and left. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 09 of 55 1593-1597 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing
And was circumspectly pyorrhoea into the box, tuscarora my naprosyn medina into an unhearing commute ferryman, tegucigalpa the mac coreidae and homomorphism in a commutative epicurus to our kaput neurobiological. Rational Review
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Defense Secretary Robert Gates praised President Ronald Reagan on Tuesday for being "circumspect" about putting American credibility or troops at risk in the absence of "a clear mission or strong odds of success. Gates praises Reagan for 'circumspect' use of U.S. military
He'll have to be a bit more circumspect with the things he says. Times, Sunday Times
He was circumspect and parried all my questions but did not discount my fears.
physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use
The pageant was played out artfully and circumspectly.
It was known now among the companions that Raistlin and Caramon were making a journey themselves-a fact discovered by Kit, who was consumed with curiosity regarding Caramon's unusual circumspectness and who consequently bullied and teased him until he let fall that much. The Soulforge
Women were more circumspect, with only one in ten admitting having a sneaky peek. Times, Sunday Times
The governor was usually circumspect when dealing with the media.
If you're keeping it under your stairwell buyers might be a bit more circumspect. Times, Sunday Times
A politic caution, a guarded circumspection, a moral rather than a complexional timidity, were among the ruling principles of our forefathers in their most decided conduct. Paras. 375-407
Joining in widespread international condemnation of Japan's aggression, the United States circumspectly supported China.
He forgot the need of circumspectness which his married state enforced. Sister Carrie
He uses what in Washington is sharp language (we could give 'em lessons down here), saying that this comment was "disgraceful," that remark "tragically flawed," and this action was "unconscionable" ... and he is very circumspect about his candidacy, avoiding the redolence of narcissism that seems to cling to most presidential candidates like the odor of a wet fart. Stan Goff: PING & PONG: you are the ball
I believe some degree of circumspection, if not caution, is warranted.
But after the article below, I think I must be the epitome of caution and circumspection.
It is our duty to an injured ally to offer a circumspect response.
Women were more circumspect, with only one in ten admitting having a sneaky peek. Times, Sunday Times
I think this is an occasion on which it behoves us all to walk rather circumspectly.
Alcohol and anger do not create new beliefs; they loosen the tongue on issues the person is normally more circumspect about.
She was beyond social niceties or circumspection or the deliberate creation of an effect and yet nothing she said contradicted what her life had always told us she was.
The company spokesman was typically circumspect when asked to comment on the rumours but he did not take the opportunity to quash the story.
He, however, said that the very nature of the crisis demanded careful collective circumspection.
It would be wiser to be a bit more circumspect. The Sun
If you have seen him, you might have remarked with what devotion and circumspectness he wards and watcheth it: with what care he keeps it: how fervently he holds it: how prudently he gobbets it: with what affection he breaks it: and with what diligence he sucks it. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
And again, he adviseth to circumspection and care, even in the smallest matters; because, sometimes, _A little neglect may breed great mischief_; adding, _for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost_; being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail! One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed
CNN: Gates praises Reagan for 'circumspect' use of U.S. military POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: November 11, 2009
He spoke earlier this morning and he was very circumspect about the capabilities of Mother Nature.
There is, as Yeats reminded us, a certain perversity here: People who actually know something are more likely to be fairly tentative and circumspect, while people ill-informed enough to think everything is quite simple will be confident they know all they need to. Perils of pop philosophy
They were circumspect, typically observing the dog from a distance.
This pedantry of costume and the circumspect carriage which it exacted, were pleasantly contrasted with the flowing vivacity of the wearer, engendering by their concourse an amusing compound, which I might call a fettered and pinioned alacrity of demeanor, the rigid stateliness of exterior seeming rather ineffectually to encase, as a half-bursting chrysalis, the wings of a gay nature. Rob of the bowl : a legend of St. Inigoe's,
If I understand it aright, objective calculation and measurement take their cue from - and ultimately serve - circumspective involvement in the world.
He seems somewhat circumspect in claiming credit for the triumphs and accepting blame for disasters that unfolded on his watch. Times, Sunday Times
One who goes touring on foot with a single volume in his knapsack reads with circumspection, pausing often to reflect, and often laying the book down to contemplate the landscape or the prints in the inn parlour; for he fears to come to an end of his entertainment, and be left companionless on the last stages of his journey. Virginibus Puerisque and other papers
The Lords love pomp and circumstance but this was more like pomp and circumspect. Times, Sunday Times
Let us remain circumspect about that. Times, Sunday Times
The chapters do treat these issues briefly and with circumspection, but Leneman could have been bolder in pushing her analysis in this direction.
If you're keeping it under your stairwell buyers might be a bit more circumspect. Times, Sunday Times
He may have taken this risk consciously; we might wish to be more circumspect.
This may be understood either with respect to what immediately precedes, "If you are to reprove others for their sins, and would be faithful to your duty in this particular, you must look well to yourselves, and to your own behaviour and conduct" (and, indeed, those only are fit to reprove others who walk with due circumspection and care themselves): or else we have here another remedy or rather preservative from the before-mentioned sins; and this I take to be the design of the apostle, being impossible to maintain purity and holiness of heart and life without great circumspection and care. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
It can cast shadows over distinguished careers, but most importantly, its yellow light offers lessons about circumspect thinking, deliberative consultation and heedful behavior.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates praised President Ronald Reagan on Tuesday for being "circumspect" about putting American credibility or troops at risk in the absence of "a clear mission or strong odds of success. POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: November 11, 2009

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