Example Sentences

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Geffen still prompts some raised eyebrows when it comes to tastefulness.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022

“His drum tracks were essentially these timeless riffs that we all remember, and we copy him to this day because of his tastefulness, his sense of pop structure, and the timeless quality in his playing.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2022

What was shocking about it was its tastefulness, for instance on a giant dropped-waist full skirt that contrasted stylishly with a bodice in ultramarine, royal blue and flash of orange.

From Washington Times • Jan. 20, 2020

The mild warping on 1994’s “Wildflowers” is the very thing that keeps such an expertly understated solo album from sliding into an exercise in tastefulness.

From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2017

This is a restaurant which only the rich could afford to patronize save occasionally, yet you see for yourself that the prominent note here is a subdued and artistic tastefulness.

From The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)