How to Use discernment in a Sentence

discernment

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  • His lack of discernment led to his disastrous choice of business partners.
  • Goldstein: Canavan had a gift of discernment that enabled him to rightly judge the signs of the times.
    — Nr Interview, National Review, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Schoen hopes to apply that discernment with the Giants.
    — New York Times, 21 Jan. 2022
  • He was asked to join the discernment process for the Kings Bay action, and eventually felt ready to take part in it.
    — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Plate discipline is a strength; ball-strike discernment is a strength of his.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Yet among the stats and accomplishments, the greatest thing Long amassed along the way was discernment.
    — Arizona Republic, azcentral, 26 June 2019
  • Money, art and careers depend on the discernment, if not the kindness, of strangers.
    — Michael Saler, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Lots of people are willing to shell out for things that project wealth and discernment to others.
    — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Being too hard on people is not a good thing, but discernment is.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Strike a balance between discernment and sharing the need-to-know facts.
    — Colin Bedell, Cosmopolitan, 11 Mar. 2018
  • All that is to say, patience—and discernment—are required when shopping for masks these days.
    — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The biblical King Solomon is known for his wisdom and discernment granted to him by God.
    — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023
  • The work of discernment, in other words, is never finished.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Use your discernment; sometimes saying no to the wrong things is just as powerful as saying yes to the right ones.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Trust your gut and use your discernment to navigate through life.
    — Ebonee Davis, Teen Vogue, 29 Sep. 2017
  • The name may take a minute to place, but point out Holland Taylor to anyone with discernment and acclaim is sure to follow.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Remember not to approach life with paranoia; discernment is not meant to be a scary thing.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Remember not to approach life with paranoia, discernment is not meant to be a scary thing.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2022
  • One always has to rely on one’s own judgment and discernment.
    — David Freedlander, Town & Country, 8 Sep. 2017
  • But Kitchens’ shine proved to be fool's gold, and Dorsey’s credibility takes a hit because of his lack of discernment in this area.
    — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Status came not to be defined solely by means, but also as a matter of taste and discernment.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 18 May 2021
  • After all, your discernment is what the test is designed to determine.
    — Gerald Bradshaw, Post-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Fans in Britain have shown little discernment over the N.F.L. fare served up to them over the years, generally selling out every game in no time.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2016
  • Recently, a friend and I talked about how the last year has forced a reckoning with our appearance through the discernment of a Zoom optic.
    — Taylor Aldridge, ELLE Decor, 26 Feb. 2021
  • But along with that discernment came a distinct classicism with the peasant class as its victim.
    — Elle Decor Editors, ELLE Decor, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Dee Haslam noted how much thought and discernment went into the decision.
    — cleveland, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Stan recalls the beginnings of his discernment of a gap between his family, his milieu, and the world at large.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The toppings, selected with discernment, are applied with a spare touch.
    — Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, 13 Nov. 2020
  • But the overall aesthetic is elegant and grown up, with less broad-church appeal and more presumed discernment on the part of the visitors.
    — Jo Rodgers, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2018
  • Much is done in secret: important things are hard to see and the effort of discernment in high-stakes situations is crucial to the drama.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2022

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