indiscreetness
Example Sentences
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But, thanks to the innocent credulity and indiscreetness of the friend to whom it was sent, the defamer was discovered and exposed.
From Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? by John B. Remsburg
My cheeks reddened at the thought of my indiscreetness; yet he was a man to command confidence.
From The Holladay Case A Tale by Burton Egbert Stevenson
Mrs. Burton, who was staying at Brighton, wrote to Miss Georgiana Stisted a most kind, sympathetic and beautiful letter—a letter, however, which reveals her indiscreetness more clearly, perhaps, than any other that we have seen.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright
It was at their third interview that his star shone again, and again dazzled him to indiscreetness.
From The Literary Sense by E. (Edith) Nesbit
That we know all his tastes and prejudices appears rather a compliment to our penetration than a proof of indiscreetness on his part.
From The Function of the Poet and Other Essays by James Russell Lowell
