Use distinct in a sentence
Sentences starting with distinct
- Distinct languages may be crossed or blended together. [1]
Sentences ending with distinct
- The inscription is very distinct. [5]
- Two humming-birds belonging to the genus Eustephanus, both beautifully coloured, inhabit the small island of Juan Fernandez, and have always been ranked as specifically distinct. [1]
- Down below, on the left, the firing became more distinct. [2]
- I understand all that, and I shall learn what more is coming, for whatever appears in the mirror of the wine is infallible--but it must become still more distinct. [10]
- At our united request, his humming became distinct. [11]
- Hyomoschus, also, offers one of those interesting cases of a form linking together two groups, for it is intermediate in certain osteological characters between the pachyderms and ruminants, which were formerly thought to be quite distinct. [1]
- But the deaf old crone had read the words from her lips, and while gazing intently at the wine, went on impatiently: "If the picture would only grow more distinct! [10]
- The rumbling roll of hoofs grew distinct. [11]
- His lively, but not exalted fancy, wherever he gave it play, presented to the eye of his soul the image of his father and of an elder brother who had died early, always in the same spot, and almost tangibly distinct. [10]
- The footsteps came nearer, the voices, though so low, became more distinct. [11]
Sentences containing distinct two or more times
- There appears to me a strong analogy between the same infection or contagion producing the same result, or one closely similar, in two distinct animals, and the testing of two distinct fluids by the same chemical reagent. [1]
- The Lemuridae stand below and near to the Simiadae, and constitute a very distinct family of the primates, or, according to Haeckel and others, a distinct Order. [1]
- No doubt both animal and vegetable hybrids, when produced from extremely distinct species, are liable to premature death; but the parents of mulattoes cannot be put under the category of extremely distinct species. [1]
More example sentences with the word distinct in them
- It made distinct, yet with no obvious purpose, how good were friendship and confidence--which might be the most unselfish thing in the world--between two men. [11]
- But a naturalist would undoubtedly have ranked as an ape or a monkey, an ancient form which possessed many characters common to the Catarrhine and Platyrrhine monkeys, other characters in an intermediate condition, and some few, perhaps, distinct from those now found in either group. [1]
- A nicer analysis would detect many alien elements mixed with his individuality, but the family traits predominated over all the external influences, and the personality stood out distinct from the common family qualities. [6]
- For Carmen, dining with Mrs. Schuyler Blunt was a distinct gain, and indirectly opened many other hitherto exclusive doors. [4]
- I think he will tell you that the majority of his customers show a distinct difference of height on the two sides. [6]
- The many characters which they possess in common can hardly have been independently acquired by so many distinct species; so that these characters must have been inherited. [1]
- I laughed out when I got to the mention of Frederika's special accomplishment, given by you with a distinct simplicity that, to my taste, is what the French would call 'impayable. [14]
- So singularly clear was the water, that where it was only twenty or thirty feet deep the bottom was so perfectly distinct that the boat seemed floating in the air! [5]
- Mr Swiveller, who was perfectly ravenous, and had had, all night, amazingly distinct and consistent dreams of mutton chops, double stout, and similar delicacies, felt even the weak tea and dry toast such irresistible temptations, that he consented to eat and drink on one condition. [12]
- The third storey was lower than the others, separated from them by a distinct line. [9]
- Every little pebble was distinct, every speckled trout, every hand's-breadth of sand. [5]
- The first distinct warning of the approaching end was the facial paralysis which suddenly attacked him in April, 1900, while on a visit to Norfolk, Va. [4]
- The sound was very distinct here as also were the flashes of the guns up the clouds. [7]
- The little man uttered it with the distinct wooden calmness with which the ingenious Turk used to exclaim, E-chec! [6]
- Some were below us, some on our level; they were all in well-defined, distinct masses, molten silver on deck, below trailing rain, and attended on earth by gigantic shadows that moved with them. [4]
- Between him and us the issue is distinct, simple, and inflexible. [7]
- Pierre did not understand what his benefactor was saying, but he knew (the categories of thoughts were also quite distinct in his dream) that he was talking of goodness and the possibility of being what they were. [2]
- What was painfully uncertain then is much better defined and more distinct now, and the progress of events is plainly in the right direction. [7]
- Besides, Dick had two sides in his nature, almost as distinct as we sometimes observe in those persons who are the subjects of the condition known as double consciousness. [6]
- I've been here twenty-five years, and dash, dash my dash to dash, if I haven't entertained twenty-five separate and distinct earthquakes, one a year. [5]
- I suppose we truly stand for the public sentiment of Sangamon on the great question of the repeal, although we do not yet represent many numbers who have taken a distinct position on the question. [7]
- He had already tried to make the King steal, and failed; but there would be no more trouble of that sort, now, for of course the King would not dream of defying a distinct command delivered directly from head-quarters. [5]
- Comments upon other topics than those to which his department was originally devoted, especially upon social questions, were made a distinct feature. [4]
- I am reminded, too, of Mr. Galton's composite portraits; a thousand glimpses, as one passes through the long halls lined with paintings, all blending in one not unpleasing general effect, out of which emerges from time to time some single distinct image. [6]
- Dr. Veddie referred to two distinct series of consecutive cases in his own practice. [3]
- The species belonging to these distinct genera inhabit the same districts, and are so like each other that no one "but a naturalist would distinguish the harmless from the poisonous kinds. [1]
- It was easy to see at a glance that the place had a distinct character, freedom from conventionality, and an air of reposeful enjoyment. [4]
- Other animals, belonging to quite distinct classes, are either habitually or occasionally capable of breeding before they have fully acquired their adult characters. [1]
- Again, in reference to our platform: On the 16th of June the Republicans had their Convention and published their platform, which is as clear and distinct as Judge Douglas's. [7]
- Now, it seems to me that the transmutation of the crude and heretofore unpoetical materials which he found in the New World into what is as absolute a creation as exists in literature, was a distinct work of the imagination. [4]
- Ideas, at certain times, throng for admission into the world; and we are all familiar with the fact that the same important idea (never before revealed in all the ages) occurs to separate and widely distinct minds at about the same time. [4]
- For we can thus see how it has come to pass that certain mental faculties, in various and widely distinct groups of animals, have been developed in nearly the same manner and to nearly the same degree. [1]
- There can, I think, be no doubt that a dog feels shame, as distinct from fear, and something very like modesty when begging too often for food. [1]
- Therefore, if these things be true, mental-healing and Science-healing are separate and distinct processes, and no kinship exists between them. [5]
- Indeed, some were there for no distinct offense at all, but only to gratify somebody's spite; and not always the queen's by any means, but a friend's. [5]
- Every real person--for there are persons as there are fruits that have no distinguishing flavor, mere gooseberries--has a distinct quality, and the finding it is always like the discovery of a new island to the voyager. [4]
- Our naturalist would then perhaps turn to geographical distribution, and he would probably declare that those forms must be distinct species, which differ not only in appearance, but are fitted for hot, as well as damp or dry countries, and for the Artic regions. [1]
- In various mammals the uterus graduates from a double organ with two distinct orifices and two passages, as in the marsupials, into a single organ, which is in no way double except from having a slight internal fold, as in the higher apes and man. [1]
- Palpitating, I climbed the steps; the door of the room was slightly ajar; I looked in; I recall a distinct sensation of surprise,--the atmosphere of that meeting was so different from what I had expected. [9]
- When man selects the offspring of two distinct species for the same object, he sometimes induces a considerable amount of convergence, as far as general appearance is concerned. [1]
- All features of the noble building are distinct now, but soft and dreamy, for the sun is lightly veiled with clouds. [5]
- In some cases the individuals of the same species pass through at least five distinct states of plumage. [1]
- The cry of the hound was repeated, more distinct this time. [4]
- In some cases the guesses had to remain in doubt, in the others they proved distinct errors. [5]
- Finally, it took the form of a distinct question: is it good common sense to do the errand in daytime, when, by a little sacrifice of comfort and inclination, you can have night for it, and no inquisitive eyes around. [5]
- The roof is the first part to show the distinct signs of age. [6]
- The fact of the feathers in widely distinct groups having been modified in an analogous manner no doubt depends primarily on all the feathers having nearly the same structure and manner of development, and consequently tending to vary in the same manner. [1]
- The voice of the farrier-farmer was more distinct now. [11]
- On the whole, the Abbey produces a distinct sense of being overcrowded. [6]
- Always make sure that you form a distinct and clear idea of the matter you are considering. [6]
- We thus see that two distinct forms of the same species may co-exist in the same district, and we cannot doubt that if the one had possessed any advantage over the other, it would soon have been multiplied to the exclusion of the latter. [1]
- Laura soon discovered that there were three distinct aristocracies in Washington. [5]
- It was unavoidable that she should recall her last interview with him, and that the image of his noble, spiritual face should be ever distinct in her mind. [4]
- It is certain that distinct species of birds occasionally pair in a state of nature and produce hybrids. [1]
- Tinman pounding something that clatters dreadfully,--very distinct, but don't remember any tinman's shop near by. [6]
- As for his tales, he separated them into distinct categories. [10]
- But, to my surprise, he was not only not embarrassed by my question, but seemed to welcome it, and to take a distinct interest in it. [5]
- Some of these, such as the Negro and European, are so distinct that, if specimens had been brought to a naturalist without any further information, they would undoubtedly have been considered by him as good and true species. [1]
- Pierre directed their steps by a roundabout to the Company's stores, and again there was a distinct improvement in the giant's spirits. [11]
- These two are so distinct, so unrelated, that they are no more akin to each other than are archangels and politicians. [5]
- It was a small ship, which, as the dark masses of clouds became bordered with golden edges, grew more distinct and appeared to be a Cilician pirate of the smallest size. [10]
- Even with the small amount of information obtained by the search among his papers and effects, the gossips of the village had constructed several distinct histories for the mysterious stranger. [6]
- There is no slurring of perspective effect about it--the most distant --the minutest object in it has a marked and distinct personality--so that you may count the very leaves on the trees. [5]
- It is a singular and unexpected fact that sailors are inferior to landsmen in their mean distance of distinct vision. [1]
- Then, some morning, she would waken up, and the progress of her tale lay clear and bright before her, in distinct vision. [14]
- But the distinct, separable, independent individualities, taking up conscious life one after the other, are brought out by Mr. James and the authorities to which he refers as I have not elsewhere seen them developed. [6]
- A century later, Romer hit upon the idea of using mercury in a thermometer; and Fahrenheit constructed the instrument which adds a new because distinct terror to the weather. [4]
- His thoughts constantly reverted to Barbara and her defiant rebellion against the distinct announcement of his will. [10]
- It is more remarkable that parrots, belonging to a group distinct from the Insessores, and having differently constructed vocal organs, can be taught not only to speak, but to pipe or whistle tunes invented by man, so that they must have some musical capacity. [1]
- In October no region in the North has a monopoly of beauty, but there is a certain refinement, or it may be a repose, in the Berkshire Hills which is in a manner typical of a distinct phase of American fashion. [4]
- This similarity, or rather identity, is striking, when contrasted with the different expressions and cries made by distinct species of monkeys. [1]
- In other and rarer cases, two distinct uterine cavities are formed, each having its proper orifice and passage. [1]
- A worried aide-de-camp ran up to the Rostovs requesting them to stand farther back, though as it was they were already close to the wall, and from the gallery resounded the distinct, precise, enticingly rhythmical strains of a waltz. [2]
- The face had quickly vanished, yet it had been as distinct as the most vivid picture in a dream. [10]
- I will not pretend that I have forgotten all about "The Guardian Angel," but it is long since I have read it, and many of its characters and incidents are far from being distinct in my memory. [6]
- It is very presumptuous to attempt to add to it, yet I have been struck with the fact that life admits of a natural analysis into no less than fifteen distinct periods. [6]
- To this latter point, depending perhaps on a widely distinct cause, I shall return in a future chapter. [1]
- In the hall, people were talking and laughing in groups, and it came as a distinct surprise to her that their arrival seemed to occasion no remark. [9]
- Memories of her past life far behind in Madrid did not grow fainter; indeed, they grew more distinct as the years went on. [11]
- Each compartment is partially subdivided, and so there are two tolerably distinct parties of four in it. [5]
- Then from the open came the sound, now distinct and different. [13]
- Pierre, watching, was only aware of vague impressions--not any distinct outline of the tale. [11]
- I was glad of this, for I found that he was an agreeable man, and had distinct originality of ideas, besides being possessed of very considerable culture. [11]
- Although the characters of this variety are not quite constant, yet it has been named by several distinguished ornithologists as a distinct species. [1]
- The distinct object of the projectors was to establish a colony in Virginia. [4]
- In the case of the cure-engine it is a distinct advantage to clothe the engineer in religious overalls and give him a pious name. [5]
- In the course of that opening argument Judge Douglas proposed to me seven distinct interrogatories. [7]
- The all-important emotion of sympathy is distinct from that of love. [1]
- The six weeks of change and enjoyment are past, but they are not lost; memory took a sketch of each as it went by, and, especially, a distinct daguerreotype of the two days I spent in Scotland. [14]
- The remarkable gallery of ancient sculptures impressed me at the time, but no one bust or statue survived as a distinct image. [6]
- Fearing the consequences of agitation to one so recently an invalid, she made haste to give her father a promise that, on the morrow, Mr. Nicholls should have a distinct refusal. [14]
- She had become now a distinct personality; to be desired above all things on earth, and that he should see her again he had no doubt. [4]
- But we must not judge of the tastes of distinct species by a uniform standard; nor must we judge by the standard of man's taste. [1]
- Consequently there "is no justification for placing man in a distinct order. [1]
- She heard her name called without, distinct and strange-- "Pauline! [11]
- It further appears, mysterious as is the fact, that the first meeting of distinct and separated people generates disease. [1]
- Conspicuous exceptions are Motley and Parkman and a few belles-lettres writers, whose novels and stories mark a distinct literary transition since the War of the Rebellion. [4]
- And only that morning he had had such a distinct impression of one. [9]
- Among the great modern discoveries in physiology is that of the existence of a distinct centre of inhibition, as the restraining influence over the heart is called. [6]
- We may compare millions of faces, and each will be distinct. [1]
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