TACT in a Sentence

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44 example sentences for TACT, such as:

1. The situation called for considerable tact.
2. The servants showed great tact and discretion.
3. He showed tact in dealing with difficult customers.
4. My sense of tact would forbid an honest answer to you.
5. Everybody liked her, for among her good gifts was tact.

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 Meanings and Examples of TACT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
tact
 n.  sense of touch; feeling; stroke in beating time; sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty
Classic Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1  Father Alexey, a good-looking stout man with thick, carefully-combed hair, with an embroidered girdle round his lilac silk cassock, appeared to be a man of much tact and adaptability.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
2  Moreover, it was, as it were, an accepted idea among us that Zverkov was a specialist in regard to tact and the social graces.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: III
3  With tact and good-breeding, and, above all, entirely without superfluous words, I blamed myself for all that had happened.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: VIII
4  Prince Andrew noticed, however, that though what happened was due to chance and was independent of the commander's will, owing to the tact Bagration showed, his presence was very valuable.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVII
5  When conversation turned on her husband Helene assumed a dignified expression, which with characteristic tact she had acquired though she did not understand its significance.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI
6  With so intellectual a guest as she considered Prince Andrew to be, she felt that she had to employ her diplomatic tact.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XXI
7  Scarlett's spirits soared at his laugh and she blessed Melanie's tact.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
8  This worked great hardship and strained the tact and forbearance of the unrelated half of the town, for the India-Melanie feud made a rupture in practically every social organization.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
9  As they passed the gates, the French officers, who had learned their rank, bowed often and low, forbearing, however, to intrude those attentions which they saw, with peculiar tact, might not be agreeable.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
10  South as well as north, there are women who have an extraordinary talent for command, and tact in educating.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
11  Cassy, therefore, with woman's tact, touched the only string that could be made to vibrate.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
12  It was on the tip of Jo's tongue to ask, but she checked herself in time and, with unusual tact, tried to find out in a round-about way.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THREE
13  Coffee was a treat, and Hannah showed great tact in making it that morning.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
14  Everybody liked her, for among her good gifts was tact.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
15  Now that was tact, for two of the ruling foibles of the masculine mind were touched.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Example Sentence:
1  Smith is a most suitable candidate for such negotiator since his tact and quickness of mind are equal to the occasion.
2  He showed tact in dealing with difficult customers.
3  His tact was exemplary, especially considering the circumstances.
4  She pointed out with tact and sensitivity exactly where he had gone wrong.
5  The situation called for considerable tact.
6  She showed great tact in dealing with a tricky situation.
7  My sense of tact would forbid an honest answer to you.
8  The servants showed great tact and discretion.
9  The city remains in tact, complete with incredible views and a richness worth seeing.
10  He had been extremely tactful in dealing with the financial question.