How to Use discernment in a Sentence

discernment

noun

• His lack of discernment led to his disastrous choice of business partners.
• Our music, our songs are written for people of many discernments.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2024
• 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 July 2022
• Remember not to approach life with paranoia; discernment is not meant to be a scary thing.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 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
• Opening up could ultimately be worth it, but your discernment needs to have a place at the table.
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2024
• 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
• The dissatisfaction peaks around the 21st, but so, too, does your discernment.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2024
• 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
• By contrast, what the great affairs of state really required was sober discernment.
  — Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024