Get to know Tact better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like consideration or thoughtfulness.
Tact in a sentence
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Tact meaning
- Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing and avoid statements that will give offence or pain even if true.
- Propriety; manners (etiquette).
Synonyms of Tact
Using Tact
- The main meaning on this page is: Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing and avoid statements that will give offence or pain even if true. | Propriety; manners (etiquette).
- Useful related words include: tactfulness, consideration, considerateness, thoughtfulness.
- In the example corpus, tact often appears in combinations such as: in tact, tact and, the tact.
Context around Tact
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tact
- In this selection, "tact" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, different, require, open and isle stand out and add context to how "tact" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a different tact on the and and with tact and diplomacy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tact" sits close to words such as abingdon, abrahams and abuzz, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tact
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Tact is a good thing. (5 words)
And, with tact, and diplomacy, you can get it. (9 words)
Tact is essential when we feel strong emotions like anger. (10 words)
Sitting around waiting for everyone to be seen isn’t easy and I’m often struck by the tact and courtesy people who have very little will show to others when they are in trouble – empathy, sometimes, comes from knowing how it feels. (43 words)
If all the big news and big expectations of the holidays feels overwhelming right now, a totally different tact is to see the “Small Works: Sense of Humor” exhibition at the Santa Rosa Arts Center, which is the annual Small Works Show. (42 words)
A few weeks into the strike, David Letterman's company, Worldwide Pants, its own agreement with WGA to allow Late Show with David LettermanThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson to resume production with their full writing staffs in tact. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
A few weeks into the strike, David Letterman's company, Worldwide Pants, its own agreement with WGA to allow Late Show with David LettermanThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson to resume production with their full writing staffs in tact.
And, with tact, and diplomacy, you can get it.
As a matter of fact, he's terrible with tact and keeping secrets, which isn't exactly convenient when he accidentally discovers that his crush is a vampire.
If all the big news and big expectations of the holidays feels overwhelming right now, a totally different tact is to see the “Small Works: Sense of Humor” exhibition at the Santa Rosa Arts Center, which is the annual Small Works Show.
In spite of coming out of a pandemic and challenging macro headwinds, the company is performing well and the story remains in tact.
It’s called TACT, which stands for Teaching the Autism Community Trades.
Marmol taking the disagreement publicly seemed to surprise O’Neill, and some relationship repair was needed by the manager as he tried to keep his clubhouse in tact.
Several other mudslides have caused evacuations and lasting damage in recent weeks in Southern California, and with rain still in the forecast, it has residents like Sandra hoping the ground stays in tact.
Tact is essential when we feel strong emotions like anger.
This would require tact and skill—and the preparations would have to start soon.
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) took a different tact on the GOP's do-nothing policy while supporting the GOP's walk-away response.
Activities for visitors include kayaking around the moat with Tact-Isle Adventures, archery and ability dog demonstrations.
After Dylan, now 15, was born and diagnosed with autism, Danny said he decided to retire from music and utilize his master’s degree in education to open TACT.
He said he’s here with his pride, knowing his principles are in tact.
It’s 1942 on the gilded Gold Coast of Long Island, and the Jewish-American Helenberg family wields their wealth and power with cunning tact.
Sitting around waiting for everyone to be seen isn’t easy and I’m often struck by the tact and courtesy people who have very little will show to others when they are in trouble – empathy, sometimes, comes from knowing how it feels.
So instead of prioritizing or the disappearance of the middle class, the Dems have taken a tact so sanctimonious, so substantively discreet it leaves many Americans feeling they have nowhere to turn but the GOP.
Still, it can't hurt to make sure your wallet is still in tact after a showing on the big screen.
Tact is a good thing.
The meeting heard that the council consulted Tenants and Council Together (TACT) about the proposals.
Common combinations with tact
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in tact 17×
- tact and 13×
- the tact 7×
- with tact 4×
- tact is 4×
- of tact 4×
- different tact 3×
- and tact 3×
- his tact 3×
- tact which 2×