All the chimps, when eating, discreetly turned their backs and I began to feel a bit unwelcome.

The two reliefs on the flanking sides discreetly turn their backs to the mystery of the central subject.

The travel-worn Pullings, discreetly turned to the window as Jack read his letter, spun about at the cry.

He does so, and hands the slip of paper to the Professor's Son, who discreetly turns away.

When the chorus travels we become show people, even changing together in communal dressing rooms (backs turned discreetly).

"After each shot, he would discreetly turn to Alma and ask: 'Was that all right?' "

In another, he sits facing Ingres's bather - her back, as always discreetly turned -with his camera raised.

A suppressed curse escaped from Marshall as he turned discreetly away from them.

Taking the point, Helward moved some distance away, keeping his back turned discreetly while she fed the baby.

But heads turned discreetly back again at her daughters' school, where the actress takes her place as a parent and can relax a bit.