How To Use Prudent In A Sentence

The mighty Dragon sneers at the prudent and penny-pinching.
Received entomological wisdom holds that a ‘prudent’ parasite does not kill its host.
But if they are needy as a consequence of their criminal, irrational, or imprudent behavior, then it is not a fine thing.
more prudent to hide than to fight
Society may be full of poisonous vapors and be built on a framework of lies; it is nevertheless prudent to consider whether the ideal advantages of disturbing it overweigh the practical disadvantages, and above all to bear in mind that if you rob the average man of his illusions, you are almost sure to rob him of his happiness. Henrik Ibsen

I started him in the mortgage loan business when we got the Prudential Insurance Company account in 1919 and he was my subman down in Florence. Oral History Interview with Alester G. Furman Jr., January 6, 1976. Interview B-0019. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
“but it would be, if not more prudent, since that word displeases you, at least more natural —” Around the World in 80 Days
They whiche unto the warre have given rule, will that the menne be chosen out of temperate countries, to the intente they may have hardines, and prudence, for as muche as the hote countrey, bredes prudente men and not hardy, the colde, hardy, and not prudente. Machiavelli, Volume I
Allthough it could be just prudent housekeeping ahead of the expected cuts and the hootsmon is spinning it as a "rammy with westminster" article, we all know Westminster are going to be scrooge and cant afford it after Browns disaster. The SNP Myth of the £500m cut and related matters
It is prudent we pause further reductions while the current situation is unfolding. The Sun
The study shows that the females have a prudential attitude to divorce, and a tolerant attitude to outside marriage love, and they reject sex behavior before marriage.
It is only prudent to maintain and intensify that pressure. Times, Sunday Times
While monetary policy is relatively easy to understand, with macroprudential policy no one knows how big these capital surcharges will have to be to restrain "overexuberance". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
And so, in chatting and thinking and waiting for the engineer, Uncle Prudent and Phil Evans walked about beneath the forest of screws, whose gyratory movement gave their arms the appearance of semi-diaphanous disks. Robur the Conqueror
This strength, this invincibility, this unconquerable identification caused the Prudential Insurance Company in 1896 to use the Rock as their brand to symbolize a defense from all obstacles.
Behaviour with which she treats me, her faithful Lover, shews, that it is the prudent, vertuous, chast Galesia. The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia
When I first started in stockbroking in the 1980s, the City was full of partnerships, so ultimately the individuals concerned could lose everything, so they didn't bet the bank, they were more prudent. Luke Johnson: 'Capitalism is not a dirty, grubby pastime'
If we do that in the case of Bosnia, it is not so difficult to understand why a middle course of muddling through was originally chosen: it is the response that one would expect from any statesman or stateswoman who had a genuine desire to safeguard humanitarian values but no compelling national interest to become directly involved in a conflict and persuasive prudential reasons to stay out.
Next to him, Harriet Miers is a jurisprudential giant. Law
In lieu of using polls to determine a candidate's strength among the voters, prudent observers will watch how the campaign teams shuffle their money.
The figures were expected by most experts, since May was the first month that the new prudential and restrictive monetary measures were implemented.
This was seen as a laudable attempt to be both environmentally and economically prudent. Times, Sunday Times
It's prudent to take a thick coat in cold weather when you go out.
The need to apply appropriate military capability prudently is paramount.
The word prudent will have a very elastic meaning in 2012," said Stephen Green, a Hong Kong-based economist with Standard Chartered Plc. BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
A recent study by a University of Chicago economist supports my take on this Catch-22, concluding that preventive intervention is more cost effective, economically efficient and fiscally prudent than remediation once children begin school. Dr. Jim Taylor: Arne and Bill's Misguided Adventure: An Open Letter
As I understand it it can all be sorted out, but you are — I suspect unintentionally and in good faith — offering a bit of a straw man due to your not distinguishing a few key concepts, such as prudentialism versus constitutional judgment, empathy for a legal injustice versus sympathy resulting in bias, and a judge versus a justice. The Volokh Conspiracy » Legal Ambiguity, Empathy, and the Role of Judicial Power:
I still believe that's true, but it seems the day might come when cryonics is medically prudent.
Add hereunto the strange and wonderful quiet disposure of the magistracy of this city into the hand of persons prudent, diligent, and watchful, whom we have reason to pray for, and bless God for. The Sermons of John Owen
Oh, no, said he, he [Lincoln] wont enter into the Slave States to disturb the institution of slavery, he is too prudent a man to do such a thing as that; he only means that he will go on to the line between the Free and Slave States, and shoot over at them. Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln
After unloading, I decided it would be prudent to park in the lot rather than risk further calamity.
As to which concrete punishments should be annexed to which crimes, the judgment is a prudential one left for public authority to determine.
They are all well-run, prudent clubs who survive and sometimes prosper year in, year out.
A woman might well conceal her condition for four or five months and procure an abortion, at the actual climax of which the abortionist might be prudently absent.
Since the tax refund is based on the taxpayer's marginal tax rate, it's prudent in some cases to defer deducting the RRSP contribution.
These include shaping the long-term jurisprudential reputations of Roberts and his colleagues. Kentucky.com: Homepage
Mr King counters that prudential regulation already draws such distinctions.
Union that the capital resource of commercial imposts, which is the most convenient branch of revenue, can be prudently improved to a much greater extent under federal than under State regulation, and of course will render it less necessary to recur to more inconvenient methods; and with this further advantage, that as far as there may be any real difficulty in the exercise of the power of internal taxation, it will impose a disposition to greater care in the choice and arrangement of the means; and must naturally tend to make it a fixed point of policy in the national administration to go as far as may be practicable in making the luxury of the rich tributary to the public treasury, in order to diminish the necessity of those impositions which might create dissatisfaction in the poorer and most numerous classes of the society. The Federalist Papers
The truly prudent person might decide to park the car for the time being in the garage to avoid the risk. Times, Sunday Times
With prudent money management you can beat the downward trend in rates and earn a good return on your savings.
What more reasonable than that this should be done, while living witnesses may yet be called, to prove or disprove the several allegations and assertions; since, in a few years more, such witnesses may be as much wanting as to prevent a canonization, which is therefore prudently procrastinated for above an age? The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings
So, analogies to ordinary prudentialism fail to capture the decisions and, I think, the opportunities / necessity for empathy informed judgment that a member of the Supreme Courtfaces. The Volokh Conspiracy » Legal Ambiguity, Empathy, and the Role of Judicial Power:
Marampon F, Zani BM, Prudente S, Perlas E, et al. (2007) ROCK2 and its alternatively spliced isoform ROCK2m positively control the maturation of the myogenic program. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
And it draws his attention to the fact he should be more prudent and cautious when it comes to ticketing. The Sun
Prudentials, according to general rules of Scripture, may be of use in circumstantials, but will bare prudentials in substantials also satisfy either our God, our covenant, our consciences, or our end in this great work of reformation? The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
This is an undeclared tax on all users of the currency, which is being used to punish the prudent and enrich the spendthrift. Times, Sunday Times
I remembered my imprudent sister and sighed, frowning.
Stepahnie, what you write has value, but it glosses over the fact that there are millions, yes, millions, of your fellow citizens who HAVE behaved in a very prudent risk averse manner, and they are going to get hammered along with everyone else, and policies which exacerbate the exposure the risk averse to hammering caused by the behavior of the imprudent/mendacious discourages prudent risk averse behavior in the future. Matthew Yglesias » On So-Called “Irresponsible” Borrowers
In handling the crisis, then, a justifiable prudential strategy was, by March, overtaken and overwhelmed by this paradigm, underpinned by a commitment that became increasingly messianic.
Experts are at hand to advise you on how to put aside a little every month and invest it prudently, so that the little pile slowly grows into an appreciable amount within a few years.
Despite this prudent, but politically damaging, platform, the party made gains, mainly in urban areas.
English and German, the principal ladies, and most of the foreign ministers; so that I may apply to you, nullum numen abest, si sit prudentia. Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
But macroeconomic events should never lead us to toss out the first rule of prudent policy: fund projects only when benefits exceed costs.
To protect yourself against any of these possible swindles you need to be prudent in your investment decisions.
Against that backdrop, it might seem prudent to take some profits and find another home for your cash. Times, Sunday Times
The productive had to bear ever greater tax burdens in order to support the growing numbers of degenerates, and higher fiscal exactions naturally persuaded the prudent middle classes to go in for practices of family limitation.
The poor in these paintings provided an opportunity for the prudent and beneficent wealthy to display their charity, such as in Beechey's Portrait of Sir Francis Ford's Children Giving a Coin to a Beggar Boy.
Making an immediate move seems imprudent and unnecessary.
Some would call this coolly rational behaviour selfish, others prudent, but the one thing it is not is panic.
At the same time, giving way to a just though prudently dissimulated resentment, she made a vow that she would never enter the gates of Castle Brady while the lady of the house remained alive within them. The Memoires of Barry Lyndon
The prudent ratio depends very much on how banks see their requirements for liquidity changing in the near future.
Other goals such as dampening unnecessary exuberance and over-leveraging, and avoiding asset price bubbles can also be added to the objectives of macroprudential policies. Raj Nallari: New Thinking on Macroprudential Regulations
Anon321: “But isn’t the decision to defer to other constitutional actors a decision based on beliefs and ideology — albeit of the sort that is usually called jurisprudential ideology rather than political ideology?” The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Legal Ambiguity and the Role of the Supreme Court:
The meeting also resolved that there was need for prudent investment policies if the region was to develop economically.
In uncertain times, it makes sense to have as many strings to your bow as a well-provisioned fiddler or a prudent toxophilite.
Is fond of his friends," continued the Professor, "and the heartier they are the better; might even be convivially inclined -- if so tempted -- but prudent -- in a degree," loiteringly concluded the speaker, as though unable to find the exact bump with which to bolster up the last named attribute. The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, Volume 10
It's easy to confuse this prudent conservatism with adherence to principle, but that would be a mistake.
a prudent manager
For while adoption needs to be prudent, the extent of delays is inexcusable. Times, Sunday Times
In Act I he stages first an allegorical masque, the chief theme of which is prudent distinction between tangible and intangible wealth or values, then a stately dumbshow of the Rape of Helen at which he himself confuses Dictionary of the History of Ideas
It is only prudent to renounce what is transitory and illegitimate for that is what is permanent and sublime.
This has, indeed, long since been insufferable; although it ought chiefly to be imputed to the imprudent penuriousness of our own merchants and inhabitants, who, it is to be hoped, shall, through the abolition of this seawant, become wiser and more prudent. Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete
The European seaman is prudent when adventuring out to sea.
We thought it prudent to telephone first.
Ipsum quod suj causa eligitur quod omnia appetunt. quod prudentiam adepti eligunt quod efficiendi et custodiendj vim habet. Bacon is Shake-Speare
First, macroprudential measures cannot work by themselves. Times, Sunday Times
It seems more prudent at this time to make the investment in a new multispectral imager throwing yet more taxpayer money at this mess. Stimulus Money for NPOESS - NASA Watch
They gave no quarter and Robert of Artois himself and more than seven hundred French knights were killed, while the remaining French beat a prudent retreat.
Was it prudently considered that the dullest of critics can read only as long as his eyes are open? and that the function of judge must incessantly bring under his cognisance papaverous volumes, with which only a super-human endowment of vigilance could hope successfully to contend? so that the goddess is driven, by the necessity of the game, to admit within the circuit of her somnolent sway, a virtue to which she is naturally and peculiarly hostile? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845
He therefore prudently forbore, that is to say, as much as he could forbear, to show any signs of his attachment to Rose, till he had full opportunity of forming a decisive judgment of her character. Tales and Novels — Volume 02
He will find similarities in a prudent club looking for stable management and steady improvement. Times, Sunday Times
According to prudential legislation, bank exposure to any single entity cannot exceed 25 per cent of its capital.
The difference between us is that you write like a bombastic lecturer and not like a prudent and circumspect lawyer.
It's all a matter of good, solid business practice; a matter of turning a spiritual profit and of responding prudently to spiritual blackmail.
It was imprudent of you to lend money to a stranger.
Love to God as the ground-virtue unfolds itself into the four cardinal virtues: TEMPERANTIA, amor integrum se pracbens ei, quod amatur; FORTITUDO, amor facile tolerans omnia propter quod amartur; JUSTITIA, amor soli amato serviens et propterea recte dominans; PRUDENTIA, amor ea, quibus adjuvatur, ab eis, quibus impeditur, sagaciter seligens. Christian Ethics. Volume I.��History of Ethics.
The inhabitants prudently declared for Caesar, with the result that the town was immediately granted the status of an Italiote city (oppidum Latinum), later to be upgraded to municipium.
Legally, an executor is a fiduciary, who is expected to act prudently and be impartial. New Heirs Face Confusing Tax Choice
But not everyone who visits this exclusive little port considers it prudent to spend the equivalent of the cost of a clinker-built dinghy on a single night's accommodation.
When it squalls, a prudent sailor reefs his sails
Despite this prudent, but politically damaging, platform, the party made gains, mainly in urban areas.
imprudently, he downed tools and ran home to make his wife happy
We must balance interest and risk, achievability and cost, clarity of mission and support from others in what ultimately is an exercise in prudent judgment. Berger Speech On Foreign Policy At Csis
And I would advise any insurance company to be very prudent in issuing policies to any declining diocese of failing denominations. A shake-up is coming to the Diocese of Montreal « Anglican Samizdat
Vesper:Ten million was wired to your account in Montenegro with a contingency for 5 more if I deem it a prudent investment.
Granting that prudential concerns will vary from one person to another, one cannot imagine what a modern society would look like if the generality of persons did not have substantial prudential concerns.
Thus it is prudent tax planning to encash these investments before returning onshore.
When your overtures are misconstrued, the prudent course is sometimes to apologise and withdraw.
` ` Friend Ranald, '' answered Dalgetty, ` ` I have read of these boons in silly story-books, whereby simple knights were drawn into engagements to their great prejudice; Therefore, Ranald, the more prudent knights of this day never promise anything until they know that they may keep their word anent the premises, without any displeasure or incommodement to themselves. A Legend of Montrose
It seemed more prudent to think everything connected: my card, the perishing family note, 47 and recent interest in the old scandal. SUMMER OF SECRETS
[The dishonourable flight of the Spanish nauy; and the prudent aduice of the L. Admirall.] The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
Maiestatem V. sapientiæ & prudentiæ, omniúmque adeò virtutnm heroicarum indies incrementa sumentem, ad summum imperij fastigium, summas ille regnorum, omniúmque adeò rerum humanaram dispensator, Deos opt. max. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01
Auditors have praised Greenwich Council for its prudent management of public money.
Jean didn't drink any wine over dinner and I assumed he was being medically prudent.
The story of the Prudential has stopped being one of irritating slow performance and become something much more important.
He is concerned with the well-being of every citizen, and is a kind, prudent, generous man.
In view of the Duchess of York's abrupt departure from the royal family in March this year it was a prudent decision.
Invesco and Prudential - the institutional shareholders understood to have led the backout - are right to say that if energy prices are likely to be high for the foreseeable future then a greater premium should be attached to the price. Has Brown's reverse Midas touch upset the British Energy takeover deal?
Yet while he opposes new program spending, the professor agrees that immediate federal tax cuts would be imprudent.
We should be modest and prudent, guard against arrogance and rashness.
In other words, a prudent, asymmetric-thinking enemy manipulates time and space to disperse the greater power's military forces, protracting the conflict and wearing down the will of the orthodox opponent.
You might object to this line of argument by saying that there are no deal breakers in politics, that we have to look at the whole picture and make prudential, calculative judgments about what will, on the whole, be best for the country.
Yet error in all its forms - from misstatements to imprudent acts - can and should serve a healthy role in personal development.
The point here, I suppose, is that check-cashing fees may be an exploitative scam run by sleazeballs, but that they may turn out to be a more prudent option for the working poor than the even-more exploitative scam run by the more mainstream, but sleazier sleazeballs of the banking industry. Discourse.net: Fred Clark on the Cost of Being Poor
Herbert states that Attila is represented on an old medallion with a teraph, or a head, on his breast; and the same writer adds: "We know, from the _Hamartigenea_ of Prudentius, that Nimrod, with a snaky-haired head, was the object of adoration of the heretical followers of Marcion; and the same head was the palladium set up by Antiochus Epiphanes over the gates of Antioch, though it has been called the visage of Charon. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04
All they needed to do was simply throw the principles of good governance and prudential banking regulations out of the window.
But as far as zeroing in on trigger locks and passing what I call a burglar protection act where we would actually expect the American, prudent citizen to say, excuse me as you're burglarizing my house. CNN Transcript - Special Event: President Clinton Comments on New Maryland Gun Control Law - April 11, 2000
The department of Archaeological Survey of India was just a call away from the Estate department officials but the latter did not take pains to do what was needful and prudent.
A few days seem prudent for a modern Conservative. Times, Sunday Times
Carolyn Zweben, a Prudential Douglas Elliman broker, has been a do-it-yourself smudger since 2004, casting out negative vibes from apartments she was trying to sell. NYT > Home Page
MEDICARE COVERAGE According to a 2009 Prudential survey, 37 percent of people think that Medicare will cover their long-term care costs. NYT > Home Page
Our groundsmen spotted several of them, and although they are more likely to be frightened of humans, we thought it was prudent to warn those who use the cemetery to watch where they walk.
She advised:'It would seem prudent for women trying to become pregnant to abstain from alcohol. The Sun
In this prudent way every portion of the Castle Gorka hogs was utilized: the good cuts for the banquet, the tougher ones in Pani Danusia's pierogi, the haslet in Poland
she told herself, it was prudent to eat or drink nothing-- not even six pomegranate seeds. THE GOSPEL MAKERS
This, too, seems only prudent in the circumstances. Times, Sunday Times
If you are a prudent, self-restrained and emotionally disciplined individual, you will be able to control your future in a better way. Dr T.P.Chia
Anything worthy to be calld statesmanship in the Old World, I should say, among the advanced students, adepts, or men of any brains, does not debate to-day whether to hold on, attempting to lean back and monarchize, or to look forward and democratizebut how, and in what degree and part, most prudently to democratize. Democratic Vistas: Paras. 30–59. Collect
They've played some games at the new Prudential Center in Newark, home of the NHL New Jersey Devils, and next year, they'll be rather riddlingly be joining the upstart Great West Conference, that will include Independents Utah Valley, Chicago State, Texas-Pan American, Houston Baptist, North and South Dakota. SLAM Online
Paley, and the naked _prudentialism_ of his system, it is true that in a longish note Paley disclaims that consequence. Memorials and Other Papers — Volume 1
But even if this is true, it's still sensible and prudent not to base our plans on the rosiest of possible outcomes.
The thing we are dehorted from, covetousness, 293. by which is not meant a prudent forecast and parsimony, 294. but an anxious care about worldly things, attended with a distrust of Providence, 295. a rapacity in getting, 298. by all illegal ways, 301. a tenaciousness in keeping, Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. III.
* An pro tempore illa bona erant, flendo petere etiam quod noxie daretur; indignari acriter non subjectis hominibus, liberis et majoribus, hisque a quibus genitus est; multisque praeterea prudentioribus, non ad nutum voluntatis obtemperantibus, feriendo nocere niti, quantum potest, quia non obeditur imperiis quibus perniciose obediretur? Pneumatologia
Both countries continue to spend far more on arms than is prudent or necessary.
no prudent person will deny that there is need of many supplements and explanations from other writings" than the Bible, to the end, namely, that a person may construe from the German Bibles the true Catholic faith. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation
Repression and mystery, he considered wholesome for girls; and he considered the enlightening of them -- to some extent -- a prudential measure for their defence; and premature instruction is a fire-water to their wild-in-woods understanding; and histrionic innocence is no doubt the bloom on corruption; also the facts of current human life, in the crude of the reports or the cooked of the sermon in the newspapers, are a noxious diet for our daughters; whom nevertheless we cannot hope to be feeding always on milk: and there is a time when their adorable pretty ignorance, if credibly it exists out of noodledom, is harmful: -- but how beautiful the shining simplicity of our dear young One of Our Conquerors — Volume 2
Barclays said it was lending prudently and had tight controls in place.
As we should expect, given the legalistic form of his ethical theory, Kant's political thought is jurisprudential.
At the same time, lax supervision and prudential regulation allowed banks and corporations to take on significant exchange rate and maturity risks.
III ix 37 'quid nisi de _uitio_ scribam regionis amarae', and for the word _uitiabilis_ (in the sense 'corruptible') Prudentius _Apoth_ 1045 and _Ham_ 215 (there is a variant _uitabilis_ in a ninth-century manuscript of the _Hamartigenia_). The Last Poems of Ovid
That position is both morally insupportable and legally imprudent.
We are committed to prudent exploration and will direct efforts to ventures which offer significant potential.
A prudential practice is instrumental in nature, being designed to achieve a specific substantive purpose.
My aunt was a prudent, graceful and strong-willed woman.
This starting point for why justices must often make values-based judgments is that there is more than one type of legitimate constitutional argument so there is often more than one legitimate constitutional answer — you can make a legitimate argument based on Posnerian prudentialism, but also the plain meaning of the text, the original intent of the ratifiers, precedent, and the structural relationships between the different branches of government, among others. The Volokh Conspiracy » Legal Ambiguity, Empathy, and the Role of Judicial Power:
That said, I suggest that you be prudent because to oversweeten rhurbarb defies its purpose, and you might as well be having something else instead - add what I suggest here, then add more towards the end of the cooking period after you have sampled the rhubarb. Archive 2008-08-01
It appears to be a prudential judgment of the Pope's, not a dogmatic statement.
That is not a prudent approach. Times, Sunday Times
Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., he is scheduled to fight Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, champion of the 205-pound division, a feared Muay Thai artist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu player who has finished two-thirds of his 24 professional fights by knockout or technical knockout. Has UFC Found Its Transcendent Star?
Policymakers need to ensure that macro-prudential policies in differing countries -- when designed and implemented -- do not contradict or offset each other. John Lipsky: Macro-Prudential Policies: Putting the 'Big Picture' into Financial Sector Regulation
Carrying out the original aim of a quick war with minimal civilian casualties would require taking chances that officers here now deem imprudent.
Happily tact was coming with advancing years, and she did not attempt to mingle in the conversation, which was resumed by Charles observing that the strangest part of the affair was the incompatibility of so novelish and imprudent a proceeding with the cautious, thoughtful character of both parties. The Heir of Redclyffe
So was Friday's nonvote by the players a public relations gaffe, or prudent strategy? Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
In many states a temporary surtax on personal income taxes is probably the optimal answer, when contingency funds are inadequate and prudent spending reductions have been exhausted.
he abstained partly for prudential reasons
LEE DICKINSON, FORMER NTSB OFFICIAL: I think the prudent thing for them to do is to examine both the gimbal nut and the jackscrew and look at both of those from both those airplanes and compare that with what we know or what the safety board will be finding from the accident aircraft. CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2000
While 45% say he has been prudent, 48% say he is guilty of imprudence.
I don't live in an area with many large predators, but it seems the prudent thing to do would be to concede the meat to the lion, and high-tail it out of there. Nebraska Hunter Battles Cougar For Deer Carcass
The preface, to be sure, shows a perhaps rhetorically prudent ambivalence towards the use of humour in polemic.
He works imprudently and obtrusively, and is never a stable man.
She advised:'It would seem prudent for women trying to become pregnant to abstain from alcohol. The Sun
She said it would be imprudent and refused to do so.
Hardworking and prudent people attract good luck. Lazy and reckless people invite bad luck. Dr T.P.Chia
Some shareholders are expected to query whether this would be the most prudent use of the money.
Belladonna, I do not think it is prudent or provident to turn down this offer.
This can easily deteriorate into prudential judgment, worldly planning and manipulation of voting procedures.
Be prudent and avoid a negative person who can instigate a confrontation at work.
He is known as very solid, no-nonsense … cautious and prudent. Christianity Today
It would be imprudent to write them off as doomed archaic survivals.
Nonetheless we cannot shake off a sneaking suspicion that great wisdom is being imparted and that it might be prudent discreetly to take notes. The Times Literary Supplement
Despite the financial difficulties, no members of staff were made redundant thanks to the company's prudent management. Times, Sunday Times
It is a jurisprudential patrimony that the university not only claims to believe, it claims both to believe that it is true and that it knows that it is true. Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:
`I'm not sure I want to be a Communist," was always his prudent rejoinder. THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES
Even a cursory search of any online hymnography database will yield numerous other examples of the use of Prudentius' poetry in worship services over the centuries. Archive 2009-01-01
As there were indications of a considerable force of the enemy on the Russellville road I decided to place the troops in line of battle, so as to be prepared for any emergency that might arise in the absence of the senior officers, and I deemed it prudent to supervise personally the encamping of the men. She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories
Nonetheless, it is prudent to make sure your boot pivot sockets are clean of grit, since heavy use combined with abrasive material could accelerate wear.
Even so-called macroprudential regulation has its limits, it says. Times, Sunday Times
The ECB is not entrusted with any direct responsibility related to prudential supervision of credit institutions and the stability of the financial system.
The same kinds of substitutions can bring almost any recipe right into line with the prudent approach to eating. The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure
Regardless of your choice of chart plotter remember that a prudent helmsman never relies exclusively on a single source of navigation data.
Thus, the prudent practice, or praxis, of memory produced ethical behavior; by using the memory as an ethical repository and guide, an individual would be equipped to act prudently and ethically.
If we aren't careful and prudent it could be that the club finds itself in the horrible predicament it found itself last season, when the club tottered on the brink of extinction.
We've been the natural scapegoats for decades," said David Tice, manager of the Prudent Bear Fund and an influential short seller.
He must be held primarily responsible for the lack of cohesive direction of the company and the imprudent way in which it has been run
Most students are responsible and prudential and thus not as ribald as Wolfe makes them out to be.
It is prudent to be cautious, especially in a strong market where prices are high.
A host of stabilities which provide a background of regularity within which life can be rationally and prudently led are jeopardized ... Archive 2009-02-01
The plaintiff, wishing to have monies now and not in two years' time, prudently accepted the settlement figure.
Ideals of the good enable us to take up the standpoint of the prudent and foresighted individual, concerned to harmonize current desires with one another and with the self's future needs and interests.
Everyone knows that as prudent people we ordinarily should not get "lippy" with a police officer, but Professor Gates is not guilty of violating that maxim. Harvey Grossman: A Matter of No Middle Ground
A prudent board would assure itself that it had sufficient margin headroom to cope with such a price increase or put in place the necessary hedging arrangements. Times, Sunday Times
Without private property, the incentives that economic actors face will not be such to internalize the costs and benefits of decisions and as a result economic decisions will not be as prudent as they otherwise would be.
For the truth of the history is, that Master Elisabat, of whom the madman spoke, was very prudent, and a man of a sound judgment, and served the queen as her tutor and physician; but to think that she was his leman is a madness worthy the severest punishment; and to the end thou mayst see that Cardenio knew not what he said, thou must understand that when he spoke it he then was wholly beside himself. The Third Book. XI. Which Treats of the Strange Adventures That Happened to the Knight of the Mancha in Sierra Morena; and of the Penance He Did There, in Imitation of Beltenebros
I know that the Pentagon has done what they call prudent -- has urged prudent contingency planning and said anyone who can get out safely should get. CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2006
The court and all those able to move into the countryside prudently did so, as the disease was less virulent there.
It is only prudent to maintain and intensify that pressure. Times, Sunday Times
A prudent builder should forecast how long the stuff is like to last.
And it draws his attention to the fact he should be more prudent and cautious when it comes to ticketing. The Sun
Realizing it was impossible to scout the inaccessible stretches and unknown features downriver, he made the difficult but prudent decision to end the expedition.
This is a matter of prudential judgment made by those entrusted with the care of the common good.

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