Again they debated the options, Jose Luis tactfully avoiding mention of the likeliest: that somewhere along the way he'd encountered female company.

Though she regarded Cranston as The Shadow, he never admitted the fact, and tactfully avoided it.

Atan Burhagohain tactfully avoided these emissaries and expressed his unwillingness to meet the king in person.

The president tactfully avoided the question.

"I don't know what happened," Mr. Porcelli said (tactfully avoiding the likeliest possibility when you're talking about a chicken and a road).

Queron gave him a kindly smile, tactfully avoiding the issue as well.

Both, however, tactfully avoided all mention of the past.

"That would be nice," Nefret said, tactfully avoiding an answer.

"I am more interested in what is happening here," Data said, tactfully avoiding a lengthy fabrication.

The police, too, knew of The Shadow, although they tactfully avoided mention of his existence.